Changing the SMC server time zone and date

By default the SMC server time zone is GMT+1 (Central European Time).

  1. Log in to the SMC server via the console of your hypervisor or in SSH.
  2. Enter the command smc-date-time --timezone "timezone” to change the time zone. Replace timezone with the correct time zone.
    •  To see the available time zones, enter the command
      ls -l /usr/share/zoneinfo/,
    • To find the city in the zone of your choice (Asia for example), enter the command ls /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia.
  3. Restart the server with the command reboot. This step is required in order for the new time zone to be applied to all services.
  4. Enter the command smc-date-time to check that the change has been properly applied.
  1. Enter the command smc-date-time --date-time "YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss" to change the date.
  2. Enter the command smc-date-time to check that the change has been properly applied.

To enable NTP on the SMC server:

  1. Enter the command
    smc-date-time --ntp-servers ntp1.org,ntp2.com,IPaddress separating each NTP server with a comma if there are several. NTP servers may also be identified by their IP addresses or DNS names.
  2. Enter the command date to check the modification has been properly applied.

To disable NTP, you need to go back to manual date mode.

  • Enter the command smc-date-time to display all of the server's date/time parameters:

smc-date-time       
TIMEZONE=Asia/Dubai       
NTPSERVERS=none       
LOCALDATE=2016-05-18 09:05:19