Time Zone; Daylight Savings Time - Garmin eTrex Owner's Manual

Reference
Setup Page
UTC stands for
'Coordinated Universal
Time' and replaced
Greenwich Mean Time
(GMT) as the World
standard for time in
1986. It is based on
atomic measurements
rather than the earth's
rotation.
The Daylight Savings
time options.
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Time Zone

The time zone can be set to any one of thirty
pre-programmed zones or by entering the UTC Time
Offset value in the UTC offset fi eld below the time zone
fi eld. When you select the 24 hour time format, the letters
'lcl' (local) appear next to the time. You can fi nd time
offset values for your longitude by following instructions
and the Time Offset Chart (Appendix D). To change the
time zone, follow the steps given on page 13.
UTC Offset
When you select 'OTHER' for the time zone, you can
access the UTC Offset fi eld and make a change to match
the time zone you selected. Other than that, you can't
change it.

Daylight Savings Time

Daylight savings time can be set to 'Automatic' (using
the built-in almanac to automatically change the clock
settings when daylight savings goes into or out of effect).
You can choose 'Yes' to manually add daylight savings or
'No' to remain on standard time.
To change the Daylight Savings Field:
1. Press the PAGE Button and switch to the 'MENU'
Page. Press the UP or DOWN Button and highlight
'SETUP'. Press ENTER. The 'SETUP' Page appears.
2. Press the UP or DOWN Button and highlight 'TIME'
and press ENTER.
3. Press the UP or DOWN Button and select the
'DAYLIGHT SAVINGS' fi eld and press ENTER.
4. Press the UP or DOWN Button, select 'AUTO', 'YES',
or 'NO' and press ENTER. Press PAGE to get back
to the page of your choice.
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NOTE: Daylight Savings time settings will not
affect the UTC offset number.