Time Zone Settings (Offline); Table 19: Time Settings - Novatech Kronos 2 Series User Manual

5.3

Time Zone Settings (Offline)

The parameters in this section configure the clock to derive local time from UTC. If a daylight saving time
(DST) rule is specified, daylight savings time changes will be performed automatically. The same settings
can be made in the webpage as described in
# Timezone and daylight saving time rules
# In order to disable DST, specify DST_RULE = NONE
[TIMEZONE]
OFFSET = +06:00
STD_NAME = CST
DST_NAME = CDT
DST_RULE = US
DST_BEGIN = M3.2.0/2:00
DST_END = M11.1.0/2:00
Parameter Description
[TIMEZONE]
Time zone parameters are defined in section [TIMEZONE].
OFFSET
OFFSET is the time value that has to be added to the local time to get UTC during
standard (not daylight saving) time. OFFSET is positive if the local time zone is
west of the Prime Meridian and negative if it is east.
STD_NAME
Time zone abbreviation during standard time. Should not be shorter than three
letters. Only the first four letters are used.
Default: UTC
DST_NAME
Time zone abbreviation during daylight saving time. Only the first four characters
are used.
Default: blank
DST_RULE
During daylight saving time, local time is one hour ahead of standard time.
DST_RULE should be one of NONE, US, EUROPE (or EUROPE_C), EUROPE_W,
EUROPE_E, BRAZIL, or CUSTOM. See
for details about each of the daylight saving time rules above.
Default: NONE.
DST_BEGIN
Only used if DST_RULE = CUSTOM. See section User-Defined DST Rule for
syntax.
DST_END
Only used if DST_RULE = CUSTOM. See section User-Defined DST Rule for
syntax.
Example: Configuration for a clock in Central Europe
[TIMEZONE]
OFFSET = -01:00 ; one hour east of Greenwich
STD_NAME = CET ; central European time
DST_NAME = CEST ; central European summer time
DST_RULE = Europe
Time Zone Settings (Online).
Appendix C – Daylight Saving Time Rules

Table 19: Time settings

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