Date and Time

Presentation

The date and time function is used to configure date and time either manually or with automatic synchronization. Accurate date and time are required to enable TLS certificate validity checking, as well as to obtain properly time-stamped logs.

Panel Server date and time are used for time stamping events to provide a chronological order.

You can set a local time zone by using the Panel Server webpages. Choose a time zone from the list available. If no local time zone is set, the Panel Server uses UTC for time stamping functions.

The local time zone is used for the following functions:

For data displayed on:
- Monitoring & control
- Home (Advanced model)
- Trending (Advanced model)
In emails for alarms (Advanced model)
For data published to an SFTP or HTTPS server
For data exported in a local file

UTC is used for the following functions:

To publish data to cloud applications
For logging data
For all functions using a timestamp if local time zone is not set

Availability

This function is available on Panel Server Entry, Universal, and Advanced.

Setting the Parameters

The date and time function is set as follows:

With EcoStruxure Power Commission software
On the Panel Server webpages, at Settings > General > Date and time

General Settings

The following table describes the settings and where they are available.

Parameter	Description	EPC software	Webpages
Synchronization mode	Used to select the date and time configuration mode of the Panel Server: Select Schneider Electric Cloud (default setting) to synchronize the date and time automatically with an NTP server hosted by Schneider Electric cloud services. Select NTP to synchronize the date and time automatically with an external NTP server. Select Manual to set the date and time manually in the dedicated fields. NOTE: Manual date and time settings are available only if the Panel Server is not set up for publication by Schneider Electric cloud services, or for publication by email. See Data Publication.	✔	✔
Time zone	Used to select your time zone from the list of time zones available. A search box opens when you click this field to allow you to search for a key word.	–	✔
Status	Displayed when Schneider Electric Cloud is selected as synchronization mode A message indicates if you are successfully connected to the NTP server.	–	✔

Parameter

Description

EPC software

Webpages

Synchronization mode

Used to select the date and time configuration mode of the Panel Server:

Select Schneider Electric Cloud (default setting) to synchronize the date and time automatically with an NTP server hosted by Schneider Electric cloud services.
Select NTP to synchronize the date and time automatically with an external NTP server.
Select Manual to set the date and time manually in the dedicated fields.

NOTE: Manual date and time settings are available only if the Panel Server is not set up for publication by Schneider Electric cloud services, or for publication by email. See Data Publication.

✔

Time zone

Used to select your time zone from the list of time zones available. A search box opens when you click this field to allow you to search for a key word.

–

✔

Status

Displayed when Schneider Electric Cloud is selected as synchronization mode

A message indicates if you are successfully connected to the NTP server.

–

✔

NTP Server Settings

The following parameters are displayed only when the parameter of date and time synchronization mode is set to NTP.

The following table describes the settings and where they are available.

Parameter	Description	EPC software	Webpages
Status	Displayed when NTP is selected as synchronization mode A message indicates if you are successfully connected to the NTP server.	–	✔
Mode	Used to select the synchronization mode: Select Static to set NTP server address manually. Select DHCP (default setting) to obtain date and time automatically from the NTP server that is specified by a DHCP server . NOTE: To use DHCP mode, the network settings must be set to DHCP (see related topic).	✔	✔
Polling interval (s)	Allows you to enter the polling interval to set how frequently (in seconds) the Panel Server requests updates from the time server. 64 128 256 512 1024	–	✔
Primary server address	Used to enter the primary NTP server address when the parameter NTP settings > Mode is set to Static.	✔	✔
Secondary server address	Used to enter the secondary NTP server address when the parameter NTP settings > Mode is set to Static.	✔	✔

Manual Date and Time Settings

Panel Server date and time can be set manually:

With EcoStruxure Power Commission software
- By manually setting the date and time in the dedicated fields.
- By user-initiated synchronization with date and time of the PC running EcoStruxure Power Commission software.
On the Panel Server webpages, at Settings > General > Date & Time > General settings > Synchronization mode
- By manually setting the date and time in the dedicated fields.

The following parameter is displayed only when Synchronization mode is set to Manual.

Parameter	Description	EPC software	Webpages
Date and Time	Used to set the date and time by using date and time pickers.	✔	✔