Viewing Date and Time

You can view the date and time of the device and the method that it uses to obtain or synchronize its date and time.

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To view date and time:

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Open the Time & Date page (Setup menu > Administration tab > Time & Date).

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Under the Time group, the following read-only fields are displayed:

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'Local Time': Displays the date and time of the geographical location in which the device is deployed.

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'UTC Time': Displays the UTC time (without offset time or daylight saving), or date and time automatically synchronized through NTP or SIP Date header.

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'Time Synchronization Source': Indicates the method used by the device to obtain and synchronize its date and time:

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"Manual": Date and time is configured manually (see Configuring Date and Time Manually).

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"NTP": Date and time is automatically obtained and synchronized from an Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) server (see Synchronizing Date and Time through SNTP).

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"Date Header": Date and time is automatically obtained and synchronized from the SIP Date header (see Synchronizing Date and Time through SIP).