5 settings
5.4 Setting date and time
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5.4.2 Setting summer time start and end
Most easy models are fitted with a real-time clock. The clock has various
possibilities for starting and ending the summer time (DST) setting. These
are subject to different legal requirements in the EU, GB and USA.
You can make the following settings:
•
NONE: no DST setting rule.
•
RULE...: User-defined date of DST change.
•
EU: date defined by the European Union;
Start: last Sunday in March;
End: last Sunday in October.
•
GB: Select the EU option for the statutory DST setting for the UK.
Date for the United Kingdom as per the obsolete rule that is stored in the
device;
Start: Last Sunday in March;
End: Fourth Sunday in October.
After the statutory settings have changed, the above rules for the
European Union will also apply to the United Kingdom.
•
US: Set the beginning and the end of the daylight savings time via the
Rule
… menu or in easySoft choose the supplied rule
New North
America DST
for the currently applicable DST setting.
Start: Second Sunday in March at 2:00 a.m. local time; End: First Sunday
in November at 2:00 a.m. local time.
Date for the USA as per the obsolete rule stored in the device;
Start: First Sunday in April;
End: Last Sunday in October
The following applies to all legally stipulated DST settings:
•
Summer time start: On the day of time change, the clock moves forward
one hour at 2:00 to 3:00.
•
Summer time end: On the day of time change, the clock moves back one
hour at 3:00 to 2:00.
Select SET CLOCK… from the main menu.
This will open the menu for setting the time.
▶
Select the SUMMER TIME menu option.
￫
Default settings:
No
automatic DST setting present
SET CLOCK
SUMMER TIME
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