System time and time synchronization with Forcepoint servers

Display the system time and time zone.
show system clock
show system timezone
To display the NTP status:
show system ntp
Within a deployment, the clock on all Forcepoint servers must be synchronized to within 2 minutes.
Important:

Before changing the time, stop all Forcepoint services running in your network. Then, reset the time and make certain that the time is consistent across all servers running Forcepoint services. Finally, restart Forcepoint services.

If you do not stop the services first, client updates and policy changes entered after the time reset are not saved.

For reliability and ease of maintenance, configuring an Internet Network Time Protocol (NTP) server (www.ntp.org) is recommended. If the appliance management interface (C) is not connected to the Internet, then you must provide a way for interface C to reach an NTP server. One solution is to install an NTP server on the local network where it can be reached by interface C.
Important: If you synchronize the system clock with an NTP server, NTP protocol packets and their response packets must be allowed on any firewall or NAT device between the appliance and the NTP server. Ensure that you have outbound connectivity to the NTP servers. Add a firewall rule that allows outbound traffic to UDP port 123 for the NTP server.
To enable and configure an NTP server:
set system ntp --status on
set system ntp --server <server1>,<server2>,<server3>

server can be an IP address or URL. The URL is restricted to letters, numbers, hyphens (-), and periods (.). A URL must begin with a letter or number.

To sync with an NTP server:
sync system ntp
To set the system time manually:
set system timezone
set system clock

The default time zone is GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), also known as UTC (Universal Time, Coordinated). Other time zones are calculated by adding or subtracting from GMT. GMT is sometimes chosen to provide a common time stamp for geographically distributed systems.

Time is set using 24-hour notation.