User's Manual

Chapter 21 Time Setting
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Daylight Savings Daylight saving is a period from late spring t o early fall when m any countr ies set their
clocks ahead of norm al local t im e by one hour t o give m or e daytim e light in the
evening.Select this opt ion if you use Daylight Saving Tim e.
St art Dat e Configur e t he day and t im e when Daylight Saving Tim e start s if you select ed D aylight
Savings. The o'clock field uses t he 24 hour form at . Here are a couple of exam ples:
Daylight Saving Tim e start s in m ost par ts of the Unit ed St ates on t he second Sunday of
March. Each tim e zone in t he Unit ed St at es st art s using Daylight Saving Tim e at 2 A.M.
local tim e. So in t he Unit ed St at es you would select Second , Sunda y, Ma rch and t ype 2
in t he o'clock field.
Day lig ht Sav in g Tim e st ar t s in t he Eu r opean Un ion on t he last Sun day of Mar ch. All of t he
t im e zones in the European Union start using Daylight Saving Tim e at t he sam e m om ent
( 1 A.M. GMT or UTC) . So in t he European Union you w ould select La st , Sunda y, M a rch.
The t im e you type in the o'clock field depends on your t im e zone. I n Germ any for
instance, you would type 2 because Germ any's t im e zone is one hour ahead of GMT or
UTC ( GMT+ 1) .
End Dat e Configure the day and t im e when Daylight Saving Tim e ends if you select ed Da ylight
Savings. The o'clock field uses t he 24 hour form at . Here are a couple of exam ples:
Daylight Saving Tim e ends in t he Unit ed St ates on t he first Sunday of Nov em ber. Each
t im e zone in t he Unit ed Stat es stops using Daylight Saving Tim e at 2 A.M. local tim e. So
in t he Unit ed St at es you would select First , Sunda y, N ove m be r and t ype 2 in the
o'clock field.
Daylight Saving Tim e ends in t he Eur opean Union on t he last Sunday of Oct ober. All of
the t im e zones in t he European Union stop using Daylight Saving Tim e at the sam e
m om ent ( 1 A. M. GMT or UTC) . So in t he Eu r op ean Un ion y ou w ou ld select La st , Sunda y,
Oct obe r. The t im e you t y pe in t he o' clock field depends on your t im e zone. I n Germ any
for instance, you w ould t ype 2 because Germ any's t im e zone is one hour ahead of GMT
or UTC ( GMT+ 1) .
Apply Click Apply t o save your changes.
Reset Click Rese t to begin configuring this scr een afresh.
Table 69 Maintenance > System > Tim e Sett ing ( cont inued)
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