GarrettCom MNS-6K 4.1.4 Switch User Manual


 
APPENDIX
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APPENDIX 3 - Daylight Savings
No time like the present...
Daylight Savings Time
Magnum6K Switches provide a way to automatically adjust the system clock for Daylight Savings
Time (DST) changes. In addition to the value "none" (no time changes), there are fifteen pre-
defined settings, a few examples are:
Alaska
Canada and Continental US
Middle Europe and Portugal
Southern Hemisphere
Western Europe
The pre-defined settings follow these rules:
Alaska
Begin DST at 2am the first Sunday on or after April 24
th
End DST at 2am the first Sunday on or after October 25
th
Canada and Continental US
Begin DST at 2am the first Sunday on or after April 1
st
End DST at 2am the first Sunday on or after October 25
th
Middle Europe and Portugal
Begin DST at 2am the first Sunday on or after March 25
th
End DST at 2am the first Sunday on or after September 24
th
Southern Hemisphere
Begin DST at 2am the first Sunday on or after October 25
th
End DST at 2am the first Sunday on or after March 1
st
Western Europe:
Begin DST at 2am the first Sunday on or after March 23
rd
End DST at 2am the first Sunday on or after October 23
rd
Daylight saving time is defined for the following countries
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