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# Date & Time

## Time Zone

* Go to Setting->System->Date & Time

| Items        | Description                  |
| ------------ | ---------------------------- |
| Date         | Current exact date           |
| Time         | Current time                 |
| Time Zone    | Select the correct time zone |
| Sync mode    | Manually/NTP(By default)     |
| NTP server   | pool.ntp.org(By default)     |
| NTP port     | 123(By default)              |
| NTP interval | 1/2/3/4/5/6H                 |

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{% hint style="danger" %}
**WARNING**: It's necessary to set Date & Time if you'd like to use the device to do recording, or else it might be failed to search the video clips from the page of View Record.
{% endhint %}

**You can learn more about date & time on the page of OSD:**

{% content-ref url="/pages/-MPazgoIYp5Zi38vb75r" %}
[OSD](/video-encoder/setting/video-audio/osd.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}


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