Your PC with CMS
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Setting the Date and Time
CMS uses the date and time from MS-DOS. The date and time are important
parts of your daily CMS statistics and must be represented correctly on your
PC screen. To change either the date or the time, follow the procedures
below. (When in CMS, you can check the time and date by looking at the
upper right-hand corner of any CMS Menu screen).
NOTE:
The date must be changed at the beginning of each year, and the time must
be adjusted for daylight savings time.
Set the Date
To check or change the date on your PC:
. When the CMS Main Menu appears upon starting CMS, press [F8] (Exit
1
to DOS).
2. When the DOS prompt appears, type
The following message appears on your screen:
(Example):
The current date is displayed, where Day= day of the week, mm = month,
dd = day, and yy = year.
3. If the date is correct, press [
If the date is incorrect, type in the correct date (for example,
4-08-19XX)
4. To return to CMS, at the prompt, type
The CMS Main Menu screen appears.
Current date is mm - dd – 19yy
Enter new date: (mm-dd-yy)
then press [
date
].
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]. XX represents the year.
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Setting the Date and Time 2-3
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