How to Set the System Time on Application Gateway

Summary

This article describes how to set the system date and time.

Requirements

The Application Gateway and Broadcast Server clocks must be synchronized, as described in the “Synchronizing the Broadcast Server and Application Gateway Clocks” section of the Application Gateway Administrator’s Guide.

Background

By default, the Application Gateway uses the time.nist.gov Network Time Protocol (NTP) server.

You can choose a different time server and synchronization schedule. Or, if the Application Gateway cannot reach a time server, you must manually set the date and time.

Procedure

To specify a time server:

In the Administration Tool, go to the Administration > Date page.
Select a time zone.
Enter the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of an NTP server.
Select an update schedule.
Click Update.

To manually set the date and time:

In the Administration Tool, go to the Administration > Date page.
Select a time zone.
Enter the date and time, using the format shown on the following screen shot:

Click Update.