Configuring the Time and Date in Gaia Clish

Important - After you add, configure, or delete features, run the "save config" command to save the settings permanently.

Syntax

show clock

Example

gaia> show clock
Wed Jan  8 15:20:00 2020 GMT+1
gaia>

Syntax

  • To configure the time:

    set time <Time of the Day>

  • To show the current time:

    show time

Parameters

Parameter

Description

<Time of the Day>

The current system time in HH:MM:SS format.

Syntax

  • To configure a date:

    set date <Date>

  • To configure the configured date:

    show date

Parameters

Parameter

Description

<date>

The date in the YYYY-MM-DD format.

Example

To configure the 20th of January 2020, run:

gaia> set date 2020-01-20

Syntax

  • To configure the time zone:

    set timezone <Area> / <Region>

    Important - The spaces before and after the slash character (/) are mandatory.

  • To show the configured time zone:

    show timezone

Parameters

Parameter

Description

<Area>

Continent or geographic area (case sensitive).

To see the valid values, press <SPACE> and <TAB>:

<Region>

Region within the specified area (case sensitive).

To see the valid values, press <SPACE> and <TAB>:

Examples

gaia> set timezone America / Detroit

gaia> set timezone Asia / Tokyo

Syntax

  • To configure a new NTP server:

    set ntp
          active {on | off}
          server
                primary <IPv4 address or Hostname of NTP Server> version {1|2|3|4}
                secondary <IPv4 address or Hostname of NTP Server> version {1|2|3|4}

  • To show NTP configuration:

    show ntp
          active
          current
          servers

  • To delete an NTP server:

    delete ntp server <IPv4 address or Hostname of NTP Server>

Parameters

Parameter

Description

active

Shows the NTP status (enabled or disabled).

current

Shows the IP address or Host name of the NTP server GaiaClosed Check Point security operating system that combines the strengths of both SecurePlatform and IPSO operating systems. uses right now.

servers

Shows the configured NTP servers.

active {on | off}

Enables (on) or disables (off) NTP.

server

Keyword that identifies the NTP server - time server, from which Gaia synchronizes its clock.

The specified time server does not synchronize to the local clock of Gaia.

primary

Configures the IP address or Host name of the primary NTP server.

secondary

Configures the IP address or Host name of the secondary NTP server.

Best Practice - Configure more than one NTP server for redundancy.

version {1|2|3|4}

Configures the version number of the NTP - 1, 2, 3, or 4.

Best Practice - Run NTP version 3.

Example

gaia> set ntp server primary pool.ntp.org version 3
gaia> set ntp active on
gaia> show ntp servers
IP Address               Type              Version
pool.ntp.org             Primary           3