Time zones

A time zone is a configuration object that

  • specifies the local time zone for a managed device

  • is used only for applying time ranges in rules in policies that support time ranges, such as access control, prefilter, and VPN group policies), and

  • defaults to UTC if not assigned to a device.

Device support and usage of time zones

  • Time zone objects are supported only for Firewall Threat Defense devices.

  • Time-based ACLs is supported in Snort 3 also from Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center 7.0 onwards.