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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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