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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