User's Guide

Tip: Check any alarms and scheduled calendar
entries, as these may be affected by Auto time
update.
• To use daylight saving, select General → Date and
time. In the Daylight-saving field, select On to use
the system's daylight saving time. Note that you
cannot activate daylight saving if you have selected
On in the Auto time update field.
Tip: To change the time and date format, select
General → Regional settings. Modify the
settings on the Time and Date pages.
Regional settings
You can define the format for the local time, date,
numbering, and currency.
• To define regional settings, select General →
Regional settings, and select the appropriate page.
Time page
Define the following:
• Time format—Select the 12-hour or 24-hour clock
system.
• Am/pm format—If you selected the 12-hour clock
format in the previous field, choose the way the 12-
hour clock is expressed.
• Separator—Select the symbol that separates hours
and minutes.
Date page
Define the following:
• Date format—Choose the order of days, months,
and years.
• Separator—Select the symbol that separates days,
months, and years.
• First day of the week—Change the first day of the
week.
• Working days—Define which are the working
days of the week.
Numbers page
Define the following:
• Decimal point—Select the sign that is used as a
decimal point.
• Thousands separation—Select whether you want
to use separation between thousands.
• Thousands separator—Select the sign that is
used to separate thousands and hundreds.
• Measurement units—Select either metric or
nonmetric units for length measurement.
Currency page
Define the following:
• Currency symbol—Enter the symbol for the used
currency.
• Decimal places—Define the number of decimal
figures used in currency numbers.
• Symbol position—Define the position and spacing
of the currency symbol and the number of currency
units.
• Negative value format—Define how a negative
amount of currency is expressed.
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