set date

Syntax

Release Information

Command introduced before JUNOS Release 7.4.

Description

Set the date and time.

Sample Output

21 Apr 17:22:02 ntpdate[3867]: step time server 172.17.27.46 offset 8.759252 sec

Options

• date-time—Specify date and time in one of the following formats:

  • YYYYMMDDHHMM.SS
  • “month DD, YYYY HH:MM(am | pm)”
• ntp—Configure the router to synchronize the current date and time setting with a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server.
• ntp-server—(Optional) Specify the IP address of one or more NTP servers.
• source-address source-address—(Optional) Specify the source address that is used by the router to contact the remote NTP server.

Required Privilege Level

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