Installing and Administering Avaya J100 Series SIP IP Phones in Avaya AuraÂ®

SNTP Parameters

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Use the 46xxsettings.txt settings file for configuring date and time using the following parameters.

Parameter name	Default Value	Description
SNTPSRVR		Specifies a list of addresses of SNTP servers. Addresses can be in dotted-decimal or DNS name format, separated by commas without any intervening spaces. The list can contain up to 255 characters.
SNTP_SYNC_INTERVAL		Specifies the time interval, in minutes, during which the phone attempts to synchronize its time with configured NTP servers. Valid values are from 60 to 2880 minutes.
GMTOFFSET		Specifies the time offset from GMT in hours and minutes. The format begins with an optional + or - (+ is assumed if omitted), followed by 0 through 12 (hours), followed by a colon (:), followed by 00 to 59 (minutes).
DSTOFFSET		Specifies the time offset in hours of daylight savings time from local standard time. Valid values are 0, 1, or 2. The default value is 1.
DSTSTART		Specifies when to apply the offset for daylight savings time. The date and time for applying the offset can be set in the following formats: odddmmmht: for example, 2SunMar2L which corresponds to the second Sunday in March at 2 AM local time; Dmmmht: for example, 10Mar5L which corresponds to March 10 at 5 AM local time.
DSTSTOP		Specifies when to stop applying the offset for daylight savings time. You can set the date and time when the offset is stopped in the following formats: odddmmmht: for example, 1SunNov2L which corresponds to the first Sunday in November at 2 AM local time; Dmmmht: for example, 7Nov5L which corresponds to November 7 at 5 AM local time.