Managing Date and Time

The Device > Date and Time page shows the current system time and lets you define the Check Point Appliance date and time, optionally using NTP.

To manually configure date and time:

1. Select the Set Date and Time Manually option.

2. Enter the current Date and Time. Click the calendar icon to enter the date. Specify whether the time is AM or PM.

3. Click Apply.

To use Network Time Protocol (NTP) to synchronize the clocks of computers on the network:

1. Select the Set Date and Time Using a Network Time Protocol (NTP) Server option.

2. Enter the Host name or IP addresses of the Primary NTP Server and Secondary NTP Server. If the Primary NTP Server fails to respond, the Secondary NTP Server is queried.

3. Set the Update Interval (minutes) field.

4. Select the NTP Authentication checkbox if you want to supply a Shared Secret and a Shared Secret Identifier (this is optional). You cannot use these characters when you enter a password or shared secret: { } [ ] ` ~ | ‘ " # + \

5. Click Apply.

Time Zone

1. From the Local Time Zone list, select the correct time zone option.

2. Select the Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes checkbox to enable automatic daylight saving changes.

3. Click Apply.