There are two types of daylight settings, either by a specific date in a particular year or a recurring setting irrespective of the year. For a specific setting in a particular year complete the Daylight Savings area, and for a recurring setting, complete the Recurring area.
•Daylight Savings — Enables the Daylight Savings Time (DST) on the device based on the device’s location. The possible field values are:
–USA — The device switches to DST at 2 a.m. on the second Sunday of March, and reverts to standard time at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday of November.
–European — The device switches to DST at 1:00 am on the last Sunday in March, and reverts to standard time at 1:00 am on the last Sunday in October. The European option applies to
EU members, and other European countries using the EU standard.
–Other — The DST definitions are
•Time Set Offset
•From — Defines the time that DST begins in countries other than USA or Europe, in the format DayMonthYear in one field and time in another. For example, DST begins on the 25th October 2007 5:00 am, the two fields will be 25Oct07 and 5:00. The possible field values are:
–DD/MMM/YY — The date , month, and year at which DST begins.
–HH/MM — The time (hour and minutes) at which DST begins. The field format is HH/MM, for example, 05:30.
•To — Defines the time that DST ends in countries other than USA or Europe in the format DayMonthYear in one field and time in another. For example, DST ends on the 23rd March 2008 12:00 am, the two fields will be 23Mar08 and 12:00. The possible field values are:
–DD/MMM/YY — The date , month, and year at which DST ends.
–HH/MM — The time (hour and minutes) at which DST ends. The field format is HH/MM, for example, 05:30.
•Recurring — Defines the time that DST starts in countries other than USA or European where the DST is constant year to year. The possible field values are:
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