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Products: AS-B, Edge Server, AS-P, Virtual Project Servers
Functionalities: Localization
Product version: 2023, 2024
10/2/2024

Manually Changing the Automation Server Time and Date

You manually adjust the automation server clock when you configure or commission an automation server. When the automation server is running on a fully commissioned site it is important that you use a network time server to avoid drifting time in the automation server.

Note:

  • The Date & Time view displays the local time in the perspective of the automation server time zone settings and not in the perspective of WorkStation.

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​To adjust the automation server time, time zone, and DST, you have to access the automation server through a WorkStation.

When adjusting the server clock, you can either set the time manually or you can refer to a network time server that automatically synchronizes the clock. Manual adjusting is used when you configure or commission an automation server. When the automation server is running on a fully commissioned site, it is important that you use a network time server to avoid drifting time in the automation server.

Beside predefined time zones, you can also customize the automation server time zone settings.

When adjusting the automation server time through WorkStation, it is the automation server operating system clock you adjust. The EcoStruxure Building Operation software has a transparent layer above the automation server operating system which manages the information about the time zone and DST time offset.

 
action_zoom_plus_stroke The automation server uses the operating system clock to which the EcoStruxure Building Operation software adds the time zone offset and DST
Figure: The automation server uses the operating system clock to which the EcoStruxure Building Operation software adds the time zone offset and DST

Instead of configuring the time of each automation server, you can create a lead and shadow relationship that makes it possible to configure several automation servers through a single Enterprise Server.

To manually change the automation server time and date

  1. ​In WorkStation, in the System Tree pane, select the automation server you want to configure.

  2. Click the Control Panel tab.

  3. ​Click Network time and time zones .

  4. In the automation server Date & time view, select Manually adjust date & time .

  5. In the Local date & time boxes, enter the date and time of the automation server.

  6. Click the Save button

     
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See Also

  • Network Time
  • Time and Time Zone Configuration in Automation Server
  • Control Panel Tab
  • Automation Server – Date & Time View
  • Synchronizing the Automation Server Clock
  • Changing the Time Zone of an EcoStruxure BMS Server
  • Creating a Custom Time Zone of an EcoStruxure BMS Server