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The SonicWALL uses the time and date settings to time stamp log events, to automatically update SonicWALL Security Services and for other internal purposes. By default, the SonicWALL uses an internal list of public NTP servers to automatically update the time. Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a protocol used to synchronize computer clock times in a network of computers. NTP uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to synchronize computer clock times to a millisecond, and sometimes to a fraction of a millisecond.
To select your time zone and automatically update the time, choose the time zone from the Time Zone menu. The Use NTP to set time automatically is activated by default to use the NTP (Network Time Protocol) to set time automatically. If you want to set your time manually, uncheck this setting. Enter the time in the Hours, Minutes and Seconds fields using the 24-hour format and the date in the Month, Day and Year fields. Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes is activated by default to enable automatic adjustments for daylight savings time.
Select Display UTC in logs (instead of local time) to specify the use universal time (UTC) rather than local time for log events.
Select Display time in International format to display the date in International format, with the day preceding the month.
After selecting your time settings, click Update.
Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a protocol used to synchronize computer clock times in a network of computers. NTP uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to synchronize computer clock times to a millisecond, and sometimes to a fraction of a millisecond.
Select Use NTP to set time automatically if you want to use your local server to set the SonicWALL clock. You can also set the Update Interval for the NTP server to synchronize the time in the SonicWALL. The default value is 60 minutes.
You can add NTP servers to the SonicWALL for time synchronization by entering in the IP address of an NTP server in the Add NTP Server field. If there are no NTP Servers in the list, the internal NTP list is used by default.
To remove an NTP server, highlight the IP address and click Delete NTP Server. When you have configured the Time page, click Update. Once the SonicWALL has been updated, a message confirming the update is displayed at the bottom of the browser window.