Modifying the Default Time Zone for a Router or Switch Running Junos OS

The default local time zone on the router is UTC (Coordinated Universal Time, formerly known as Greenwich Mean Time, or GMT). To modify the local time zone, include the time-zone statement at the [edit system] hierarchy level:

[edit system]time-zone (GMThour-offset | time-zone);

You can use the GMT hour-offset option to set the time zone relative to UTC (GMT) time. By default, hour-offset is 0. You can configure this to be a value in the range from –14 to +12.

You can also specify time-zone as a string such as PDT (Pacific Daylight Time) or WET (Western European Time), or specify the continent and major city.

For the time zone change to take effect for all processes running on the router or switch, you must reboot the router or switch.

The following example shows how to change the current time zone to America/New_York:

[edit]user@host# set system time-zone America/New_York[edit]user@host# showsystem {time-zone America/New_York;}

Modifying the Default Time Zone for a Router or Switch Running Junos OS

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