Configuring daylight savings time

To set daylight saving start and end time:

Procedure steps


Step Action

1

From the navigation tree, double-click Edit.

2

From the Edit tree, double-click SNTP/Clock.

3

Select the Daylight Saving Time tab.

4

Type the number of minutes to shift the clock in the Offset box.

5

Type the time zone acronym for the change in the TimeZoneAcronym box.

6

Select the StartYear, StartMonth, StartDate, StartHour and type the StartMinutes (if applicable) to define when to switch the clock to daylight saving time.

7

Select the EndYear, EndMonth, EndDate, EndHour and type the EndMinutes (if applicable) to define when to switch the clock back to normal time.
If you want to keep the same daylight saving time changeover dates, you can set the EndYear to a year in the future.

8

Click Enabled to enable daylight savings time.

9

Click Apply.


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The following table outlines the parameters of the Daylight Saving Time tab.

Variable definitions

Variable Value
Offset Specifies the time in minutes by which you want to change the time when daylight savings begins and ends.
TimeZoneAcronym Specifies a time zone acronym.
StartYear Specifies the year from when you want to start the daylight savings time.
StartMonth Specifies the month of each year from when you want to start the daylight savings time.
StartDay Specifies the day of the particular month from when you want to start the daylight savings time.
StartHour Specifies the hour of the particular day from when you want to start the daylight savings time.
StartMinutes Specifies the minutes of the particular hour from when you want to start the daylight savings time.
EndYear Specifies the year when to end the daylight savings time.
EndMonth Specifies the month of each year when to end the daylight savings time.
EndDay Specifies the day of the particular month when to end the daylight savings time.
EndHour Specifies the hour of the particular day when to end the daylight savings time.
Enabled Enables or disables day light saving time.