Setting The Date And Time - Canon XL1SA Instruction Manual

Setting the Date and Time

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The date and/or time display forms part of the data code. You can choose to display or hide it during
playback (see p. 79).
Set the date and time display when you first start using your camera. Install the backup battery before you
begin (see p. 99).
• Before you start setting the date and time, select your home time zone from the menu.
Setting the time zone/daylight saving time
SYSTEM
(see p. 27)
1. Open the camera menu and select SYSTEM.
2. Select T.ZONE/DST.
• The time zone display appears in the viewfinder.
• Your camcorder's time zone is factory-preset to New York. If you are at another time zone, select your
time zone first and daylight saving time (DST) setting if necessary.
3. Move up or down the list of time zones with the IRIS/SELECT dial.
Select the option that represents your time zone.
• If you are now in daylight saving time, select the time zone with the daylight saving time mark C next
to the area.
4. Close the menu.
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T.ZONE/DST•• N.Y.