AMX I!-SCHEDULE Instruction Manual page 19

i!-ScheduleEngineMod Module Parameters (Cont.)
strTmTzDesc
dTmTzGmtOffset
i!-Schedule
A string containing the time zone description.
For the Eastern time zone:
• "EST" for Standard time
• "EDT" for Daylight Saving time
For the Central time zone:
• "CST" for Standard time
• "CDT" for Daylight Saving time
For the Mountain time zone:
• "MST" for Standard time
• "MDT" for Daylight Saving time
For the Pacific time zone:
• "PST" for Standard time
• "PDT" for Daylight Saving time
This string is dynamic, since the module determines Daylight Saving time. The "%s" allows
the module to replace a portion of the string with a string listed in the DST rules. So to
handle the case you specify:
• "E%sT" Eastern time zone
• "C%sT" Central time zone
• "M%sT" Mountain time zone
• "P%sT" Pacific time zone
For description in DTS time rules, you use:
• Standard Description: S
• Daylight Saving Description: D
Then the module will create "EST" or "EDT" (for the Eastern time zone) depending on
whether DTS is in effect or not. The "%s" is a placeholder for a string specified in the DTS
rules section.
A floating point number containing the GTM offset in hours. The common US offsets are:
Eastern = -5, Center = -6, Mountain = -7, Pacific = -8. Location such as Newfoundland,
which runs 3 hours 30 minutes behind GMT would use a GMT offset of -3.5. This
information is used for calculating sunrise and sunset times and for calculating local time
when communicating with an Internet timeserver.
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