Configure time and date

You can manually set the time and date on the phone web page.

Before you begin

Access the phone web interface.

1

Select Voice > Regional.

2

In the Time section, enter the time and date information.

3

Select Voice > User.

4

In the Supplementary Services, choose 12hr or 24hr from the Time Format drop down list.

Default: 12hr
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Choose the date format from the Date Format drop down list.

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Click Submit All Changes.

Time and date settings

The phone obtains the time settings in one of two ways:

Table 1. Date and Time Parameters

Parameter

Description

Set Local Date (mm/dd/yyyy)

Sets the local date (mm represents the month and dd represents the day). The year is optional and uses two or four digits.

Default: Blank

Set Local Time (HH/mm)

Sets the local time (hh represents hours and mm represents minutes). Seconds are optional.

Default: Blank

Time Zone

Selects the number of hours to add to GMT to generate the local time for caller ID generation. Choices are GMT-12:00, GMT-11:00,…, GMT, GMT+01:00, GMT+02:00, …, GMT+13:00.

The time of the log messages and status messages are in UTC time and are not affected by the time zone setting.

Default: GMT-08:00

Time Offset (HH/mm)

This specifies the offset in 24-hour format from GMT to use for the local system time.

The NTP Server time is expressed in GMT time. The local time is obtained by offsetting the GMT according to the time zone of the region.

Default: Blank

Ignore DHCP Time Offset

When used with some routers that have DHCP with time offset values configured, the IP phone uses the router settings and ignores the IP phone time zone and offset settings. To ignore the router DHCP time offset value, and use the local time zone and offset settings, choose yes for this option. If you choose no, the IP phone uses the router's DHCP time offset value.

Default: Yes.

Daylight Saving Time Rule

Enter the rule for calculating daylight saving time. This rule is comprised of three fields. Each field is separated by a semicolon (;). Optional values inside brackets [ ] are assumed to be 0 if they are not specified. Midnight is represented by colons. For example, 0:0:0 of the given date.

This is the format of the rule: Start = <start-time>; end=<end-time>; save = <save-time>.

The <start-time> and <end-time> values specify the start and end dates and times of daylight saving time. Each value is in this format: <month> /<day> / <weekday>[/HH:[mm[:ss]]]

The <save-time> value is the number of hours, minutes, and/or seconds to add to the current time during daylight saving time. The <save-time> value can be preceded by a negative (-) sign if subtraction is desired instead of addition. The <save-time> value is in this format: [/[+|-]HH:[mm[:ss]]]

The <month> value equals any value in the range 1-12 (January-December).

The <day> value equals [+|-] any value in the range 1-31.

If <day> is -1, it means the <weekday> on or before the end of the month (in other words the last occurrence of < weekday> in that month).

The <weekday> value equals any value in the range 1-7 (Monday-Sunday). It can also equal 0. If the <weekday> value is 0, this means that the date to start or end daylight saving is exactly the date given. In that case, the <day> value must not be negative. If the <weekday> value is not 0 and the <day> value is positive, then daylight saving starts or ends on the <weekday> value on or after the date given. If the <weekday> value is not 0 and the <day> value is negative, then daylight saving starts or ends on the <weekday> value on or before the date given. Where:

  • HH stands for hours (0-23).

  • mm stands for minutes (0-59).

  • ss stands for seconds (0-59).

Default: 3/-1/7/2;end=10/-1/7/2;save=1.

Daylight Saving Time Enable

Enables Daylight Saving Time.

Default: Yes

Configure daylight saving time

The phone supports automatic adjustment for daylight saving time.

Before you begin

Access the phone administration web page.

1

Select Voice > Regional.

2

Set the Daylight Saving Time Enable drop-down list box to Yes.

3

In the Daylight Saving Time Rule field, enter the DST rule. This value affects the time stamp on the CallerID.

Examples:

  • The following example configures daylight saving time for the U.S, adding one hour starting at midnight on the second Sunday in March and ending at midnight on the first Sunday in November; add 1 hour (USA, North America):

    start=3/8/7/02:0:0;end=11/1/7/02:0:0;save=1

  • The following example configures daylight saving time for Finland, starting at midnight on the last Sunday in March and ending at midnight on the last Sunday in October:

    start=3/-1/7/03:0:0;end=10/-1/7/03:0:0;save=1 (Finland)

  • The following example configures daylight saving time for New Zealand (in version 7.5.1 and higher), starting at midnight on the last Sunday in September and ending at midnight on the first Sunday of April:

    start=9/-1/7/02:0:0;end=4/1/7/02:0:0;save=1 (New Zealand)

  • The following example configures the daylight saving time starting on the last Monday (on or before April 8) and ending on the first Wednesday (on or after May 8):

    start=4/-8/1;end=5/8/3;save=1

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Click Submit All Changes.

Phone display language

The phone supports multiple languages for the phone display.

By default, the phone is set up for English-US. To enable the use of another language, you must set up the dictionary for the language. For some languages, you must also set up the font for the language.

After the setup is complete, you or your users can specify the desired language for the phone display.

Supported languages for the phone display

On the phone administration web page, go to Admin Login > Advanced > Voice > Regional. In the Language section, click the Phone Language drop-down list box to see the supported languages for the phone display.

Phone LanguageLocale Name
  • Arabic
  • Catalan
  • Chinese
  • Chinese_HongKong
  • Chinese_Taiwan
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • English
  • English-US
  • Finnish
  • French
  • French_Canada
  • German
  • Greek_Greece
  • Hebrew
  • Hungarian
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Norwegian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Portuguese_Brazil
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Serbian
  • Slovak
  • Spanish
  • Spanish_Colombia
  • Swedish
  • Thai
  • Turkish
  • Ukrainian
  • ar-SA
  • ca-ES
  • zh-CN
  • zh-HK
  • zh-TW
  • cs-CZ
  • da-DK
  • nl-NL
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • fr-FR
  • fr-CA
  • de-DE
  • el-GR
  • he-IL
  • hu-HU
  • it-IT
  • ja-JP
  • ko-KR
  • nb-NO
  • pl-PL
  • pt-PT
  • pt-BR
  • ro-RO
  • ru-RU
  • sr-Latn-RS
  • sk-SK
  • es-ES
  • es-CO
  • sv-SE
  • th-TH
  • tr-TR
  • uk-UA

Set up dictionaries and fonts

Languages other than English-US require dictionaries. Some languages also require a font.

1

Download the locale zip file for your firmware version, from cisco.com. Place the file on your server, and unzip the file.

Dictionaries and fonts for all the supported languages are included in the zip file. Dictionaries are XML scripts. Fonts are standard TTF files.

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On the phone administration web page, go to Admin Login > Advanced > Voice > Regional. In the Language section, specify the necessary parameters and values in the Dictionary Server Script field as described below. Use a semicolon (;) to separate multiple parameter and value pairs.

  • Specify the location of the dictionary and font files with the serv parameter.

    For example: serv=http://server.example.com/Locales/

    Make sure to include the IP address of the server, the path, and folder name.

    Example: serv=http://10.74.128.101/Locales/

  • For each language that you want to set up, specify a set of parameters as described below.

    In these parameter specifications, n denotes a serial number. This number determines the sequential order in which the language options are displayed in the Settings menu of the phone.

    0 is reserved for English-US, which has a default dictionary. You can use it optionally, to specify your own dictionary.

    Use numbers starting with 1 for other languages.

    • Specify the language name with the dn parameter.

      Example for language name for Chinese: d1=Chinese

      Example for language name for German (Latin and Cyrillic): d1=German

      Example for language name for French (Latin and Cyrillic): d1=French

      Example for language name for French (Canada) (Latin and Cyrillic) language: d1=French_Canada

      This name is displayed as a language option in the Language setting menu of the phone.

    • Specify the locale name with the ln parameter.

      Example for locale name for Chinese: l1=zh-CN

      Example for locale name for French (Latin and Cyrillic): l1=fr-CA

      Example for locale name for (Canada): l1=fr-CA

    • Specify the name of the dictionary file with the xn parameter.

      Example for Asian language: x1=zh-CN_2.3.0.0007.xml;

      Example for French (Latin and Cyrillic) languages: x1=fr-FR_2.3.0.0007.xml;

      Example for French (Canada) language: x1=fr-CA_2.3.0.0007.xml;

      Ensure to specify the correct file for the language and phone model that you use.

    • If a font is required for the language, specify the name of the font file with the fn parameter.

      For example: f1=zh-CN_2.3.0.0007.ttf;

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Click Submit All Changes.

Setup for Latin and Cyrillic languages

If you use Latin and Cyrillic languages such as French or German, you can configure up to four language options for the phone. List of Latin and Cyrillic languages:

  • Catalan

  • Czech

  • Danish

  • Dutch

  • English (UK)

  • Finnish

  • French (France)

  • French (Canada)

  • German

  • Greek

  • Hungarian

  • Italian

  • Portuguese (Portugal)

  • Portuguese (Brazil)

  • Norwegian

  • Polish

  • Russian

  • Serbian

  • Spanish (Columbia)

  • Spanish (Spain)

  • Swedish

  • Turkish

  • Ukraine

You set up the dictionary only for the language. To enable the options, set up a dictionary for each language that you want to include. To enable the language, specify a combination of dn, ln, and xn parameters and values in the Dictionary Server Script field, for each language that you want to include.

Example for including French and German:

serv=http://10.74.128.101/Locales/;d1=French;l1=fr-FR;x1=fr-FR_2.3.0.0007.xml;
          d2=German;l2=de-DE;x2=de-DE_2.3.0.0007.xml

Example for including French (Canada):

serv=http://10.74.128.101/Locales/;d1=French_Canada;l1=fr-CA;x1=fr-CA_2.3.0.0007.xml

In the above examples http://10.74.128.101/Locales/ is a web folder. The dictionary files are extracted in this web folder and are used in the examples.

To configure this option in the phone configuration XML file (cfg.xml), enter a string in this format:

<!-- Language -->

<Dictionary_Server_Script ua="na">serv=https://10.74.10.215/lcdapi/resync_files/;
d1=French_Canada;l1=fr-CA;x1=fr-CA_2.3.1.0001.xml;</Dictionary_Server_Script>

Select the desired language from the drop-down list Phone Language, and click Submit All Changes to apply the changes.

The setting of the Phone language specifies the language dictionaries (dn).

After the successful configuration, the user can see the configured language option on the phone under the Language menu. User can access the menu from Settings > User preferences > Language and region > Language.

Setup for an Asian language

If you use an Asian language such as Chinese, Japanese, or Korean, you can only set up one language option for the phone.

You must set up the dictionary and the font for the language. To do this, specify the d1, l1, x1, and f1 parameters and values in the Dictionary Server Script field.

Example for setting up Chinese:

serv=http://10.74.128.101/Locales/;d1=Chinese;l1=zh-CN;
        x1=zh-CN_2.3.0.0007.xml;f1=zh-CN_2.3.0.0007.ttf

Example for setting up Chinese_Taiwan:

serv=http://10.74.128.101/Locales/;d1=Chinese_Taiwan;l1=zh-TW;
        x1=zh-TW_2.3.0.0007.xml;f1=zh-TW_2.3.0.0007.ttf

Example for setting up Chinese_Hongkong:

serv=http://10.74.128.101/Locales/;d1=Chinese_Hongkong;l1=zh-HK;
        x1=zh-HK_2.3.0.0007.xml;f1=zh-HK_2.3.0.0007.ttf

Example for setting up Japanese:

serv=http://10.74.128.101/Locales/;d1=Japanese;l1=ja-JP;
        x1=ja-JP_2.3.0.0007.xml;f1=ja-JP_2.3.0.0007.ttf

Example for setting up Korean:

serv=http://10.74.128.101/Locales/;d1=Korean;l1=ko-KR;
        x1=ko-KR_2.3.0.0007.xml;f1=ko-KR_2.3.0.0007.ttf

Specify a language for the phone display

You can specify a language on the phone web page. Then your users can select the language on the phone, from Settings > User preferences > Language and region > Language.

Before you begin

The dictionaries and fonts that are required for the language are set up. See Set up dictionaries and fonts for details.

1

On the phone administration web page, go to Admin Login > Advanced > Voice > Regional.

2

In the Language section, specify appropriate values in the Dictionary Server Script field for the language of your choice.

For more information about the settings, see Setup for Latin and Cyrillic languages or Setup for an Asian language.
For the phones registered on Webex Calling, you could skip the setting for this field.
3

Select a language from the drop-down list Phone Language for phone display.

4

Click Submit All Changes.