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2.
Setting the Time, Time Zone, and Daylight savings
The "
GETTIME
" and "
SETTIME
" commands will get and set the time and date on the Vantage
console, but you will need to use additional commands to set the time zone and daylight savings
settings.
Daylight Savings
To set up the automatic daylight savings mode (works for US, Europe, and Australia), use the
command "
EEWR 12 00
" (or its "
EEBWR
" equivilant). To use manual daylight savings mode (or if
daylight savings is not used at all) use the command "
EEWR 12 01
".
If you have selected manual daylight savings mode, use the command "
EEWR 13 00
" to set
standard time and "
EEWR 13 01
" to set daylight savings time.
Time Zone
You can either choose a time zone from the list of timezones shown on the console time zone
setup screen, or you can set the GMT offset directly.
To use a preset time zone, write the zone index number from the table below into the
TIME_ZONE EEPROM field (i.e. "
EEWR 11 xx
"), and also write a zero into the
GMT_OR_ZONE field (i.e. "
EEWR 16 00
").
To use a custom time zone, write the GMT offset – in (hours * 100 + minutes), to a 15 minute
resolution, with negative values for time zones west of GMT – to the 2 byte GMT_OFFSET
field. Also write a one to the GMT_OR_ZONE field (i.e. "
EEWR 16 01
").
Table of preset time zones on the Vantage and WeatherLink software.
Index GMT
Offset Name
0
-1200
(GMT-12:00) Eniwetok, Kwajalein
1
-1100
(GMT-11:00) Midway Island, Samoa
2 -1000
(GMT-10:00)
Hawaii
3 -900
(GMT-09:00)
Alaska
4
-800
(GMT-08:00) Pacific Time, Tijuana
5 -700
(GMT-07:00)
Mountain
Time
6 -600
(GMT-06:00)
Central
Time
7 -600
(GMT-06:00)
Mexico
City
8 -600
(GMT-06:00)
Central
America
9
-500
(GMT-05.00) Bogota, Lima, Quito
10
-500
(GMT-05:00) Eastern Time
11 -400
(GMT-04:00)
Atlantic
Time
12
-400
(GMT-04.00) Caracas, La Paz, Santiago
13 -330
(GMT-03.30)
Newfoundland
14 -300
(GMT-03.00)
Brasilia
15
-300
(GMT-03.00) Buenos Aires, Georgetown, Greenland
16 -200
(GMT-02.00)
Mid-Atlantic
17
-100
(GMT-01:00) Azores, Cape Verde Is.
18
0
(GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London
19
0
(GMT) Monrovia, Casablanca