Configuring Date and Time Settings

For increased security, you can only configure these settings when logged into the gateway locally. See Logging In at the Job Site.

During installation, if the network does not provide an initial NTP time service, a different time server can be entered here to allow initial setup of the system.

For a brief visual overview, watch the video clip below (until the 1:47 mark). For details, consult the following written information.

Selecting a Time Zone

  1. Go to Settings , Network Interfaces, then Date & Time.

  2. Switch Disabled to Enabled (if not already).

  3. From the Time Zone dropdown list, choose a time zone. (See About UTC Time Zones.)

    Note: To narrow the list of time zones, clear the text in the dropdown list selector, then enter a geographical area.

  4. Select Save.

Note: The project time zone can also be set under Projects in KMC Commander System Administration. See Accessing System Administration.

Entering an NTP (Network Time Protocol) Server

Note: An NTP server provides accurate, synchronized time.

  1. Go to Settings , Network Interfaces, then Date & Time.

  2. For NTP Server, enter the server's address.

    Note: Leave the NTP Fallback Server default address (ntp.ubuntu.com) unless a definite alternative is known.

  3. Select Save.

About UTC Time Zones

UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) is also known as GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), Zulu, or Z time. KMC Commander may display the date (for example, 2017-10-11) and the time in 24-hour UTC format (for example, T18:46:59.638Z, which means 18 hours, 46 minutes, and 59.638 seconds in the Coordinated Universal Time zone). UTC is, for example, 5 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time or 4 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight time.

See the table below for more time zone conversions:

Sample Time Zones*

Offset from UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) to Equal Local Time**

American Samoa, Midway Atoll

UTC—11hours

Hawaii, Aleutian Islands

UTC—10hours

Alaska, French Polynesia

UTC—9 hours (or 8 hours with DST)

USA/Canada Pacific Standard Time

UTC—8 hours (or 7 hours with DST)

USA/Canada Mountain Standard Time

UTC—7 hours (or 6 hours with DST)

USA/Canada Central Standard Time

UTC—6 hours (or 5 hours with DST)

USA/Canada Eastern Standard Time

UTC—5 hours (or 4 hours with DST)

Bolivia, Chile

UTC—4 hours

Argentina, Uruguay

UTC—3 hours

United Kingdom, Iceland, Portugal

0 hours

Europe (most countries)

UTC +1 hour

Egypt, Israel, Turkey

UTC +2 hours

Kuwait, Saudi Arabia

UTC +3 hours

United Arab Emirates

UTC +4 hours

Maldives, Pakistan

UTC +5 hours

India, Sri Lanka

UTC +5.5 hours

Bangladesh, Bhutan

UTC +6 hours

Laos, Thailand, Vietnam

UTC +7 hours

China, Mongolia, Western Australia

UTC +8 hours

Korea, Japan

UTC +9 hours

Central Australia

UTC +9.5 hours

Eastern Australia, Tasmania

UTC +10 hours

Vanuatu, Solomon Islands

UTC +11 hours

New Zealand, Fiji

UTC +12 hours

*Minor parts of the named areas may be in other time zones.

**May also need to convert from 24 to 12 hour format. Zulu or Greenwich Mean Time is the same as UTC for practical applications.