Meinberg GEN170TGP - Manual (Page 11)

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SETUP TIME ZONE
This menu lets the user enter the names of the local time zone with daylight saving
disabled and enabled, together with the zones' time offsets from UTC. The left part of the
display shows the zone and offset if daylight saving is off whereas the right part shows
name and offset if daylight saving is on. These parameters are used to convert UTC to
local time, e.g. MEZ = UTC + 1h and MESZ = UTC + 2h for Central Europe. The zone
names are just informational and shown in the LC display. The range of date daylight
saving comes in effect can be entered using the next two topics of the setup menu.
SETUP DAYLIGHT SAV ON/OFF
The two topics let the user enter the range of date for daylight saving to be in effect.
Concerning parameter input both topics are handled identically, so they are described
together in this chapter. Beginning and end of daylight saving may either be defined by
exact dates for a single year or using an algorithm which allows the device to recompute
the effective dates year by year. The figures below show how to enter parameters in both
cases. If the number of the year is displayed as wildcards ('*'), a day-of-week must be
specified. Then, starting from the configured date, daylight saving changes the first day
which matches the configured day-of-week. In the figure below March 25, 1996 is a
Monday, so the next Sunday is March 31, 1996. If the number of the year is not
displayed as wildcards then the complete date exactly determines the day daylight saving
has to change (March 31, 1996 in the figures below), so the day-of-week doesn't need to
be specified and therefore is displayed as wildcards.
SETUP LEAP SECOND