Technical Tip: FortiSwitches controlled by FortiLink do not have the same time that FortiGate

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Description	This article describes why FortiSwitches controlled by FortiLink do not use the same timezone.
Scope	FortiSwitch controlled by FortiLink.
Solution	FortiSwitch controlled by FortiLink could have a small difference of time with time provided by FortiGate. In this example, FortiGate is sending a gmt -7 timezone to FortiSwitch: But FortiSwitch controlled by FortiGate is taking a GMT -3:30 timezone: This is due to FortiGate and FortiSwitch being different products with different timezone location name options. If FortiSwitch does not have an exact match, the first within the same zone is used. This small difference does not have any impact on FortiLink control. If an exact match between FortiGate and FortiSwitch is needed, the FortiSwitch timezone can be modified with a custom command. This is an example  config switch-controller custom-command     edit timezone         set command "config system global %0a set timezone [XX] %0a end %0a"      end Note:  Change [XX] with the timezone needed. config switch-controller managed-switch     edit "SWID"    <----- Switch ID.         config custom-command             edit 1                 set command-name "timezone"             next         end     next end