Chapter 21 Time Setting
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Current Date
This field displays the date of your Device.
Time and Date Setup
Manual
Select this to enter the time and date manually in hh:mm:ss and yyyy/mm/dd format.
Get from Time
Server
Select this to have the Device get the time automatically from a time server.
Time Server
Address 1, 2
Enter the IP address or URL (up to 31 extended ASCII characters in length) of your time
server. Check with your ISP/network administrator if you are unsure of this information.
Time Zone
Choose the time zone of your location. This will set the time difference between your time
zone and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Daylight
Savings
Daylight saving is a period from late spring to early fall when many countries set their
clocks ahead of normal local time by one hour to give more daytime light in the evening.
Select this option if you use Daylight Saving Time.
Start Date
Configure the day and time when Daylight Saving Time starts if you selected
Daylight
Savings
. The
o'clock
field uses the 24 hour format. Here are a couple of examples:
Daylight Saving Time starts in most parts of the United States on the second Sunday of
March. Each time zone in the United States starts using Daylight Saving Time at 2 A.M. local
time. So in the United States you would select
Second
,
Sunday
,
March
and type
2
in the
o'clock
field.
Daylight Saving Time starts in the European Union on the last Sunday of March. All of the
time zones in the European Union start using Daylight Saving Time at the same moment (1
A.M. GMT or UTC). So in the European Union you would select
Last
,
Sunday
,
March
. The
time you type in the
o'clock
field depends on your time zone. In Germany for instance, you
would type
2
because Germany's time zone is one hour ahead of GMT or UTC (GMT+1).
End Date
Configure the day and time when Daylight Saving Time ends if you selected
Daylight
Savings
. The
o'clock
field uses the 24 hour format. Here are a couple of examples:
Daylight Saving Time ends in the United States on the first Sunday of November. Each time
zone in the United States stops using Daylight Saving Time at 2 A.M. local time. So in the
United States you would select
First
,
Sunday
,
November
and type
2
in the
o'clock
field.
Daylight Saving Time ends in the European Union on the last Sunday of October. All of the
time zones in the European Union stop using Daylight Saving Time at the same moment (1
A.M. GMT or UTC). So in the European Union you would select
Last
,
Sunday
,
October
. The
time you type in the
o'clock
field depends on your time zone. In Germany for instance, you
would type
2
because Germany's time zone is one hour ahead of GMT or UTC (GMT+1).
Apply
Click
Apply
to save your changes.
Cancel
Click
Cancel
to restore the screen’s last saved settings.
Table 81
Maintenance > System > Time Setting (continued)
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