Matrix SETU VFXTH System Manual 126
DST Start
• Select the Ordinal day of the month when DST begins: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th.
• Select the Day of the month when DST begins: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
• Select the Month when DST begins: January to December.
• Set the Time when you want DST to begin in 24 hours format.
Default: 1st Sunday March, Time 00 hours and 00 minutes.
DST End
• Select the Ordinal day of the month when DST ends: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th.
• Select the Day of the month when DST ends: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
• Select the Month when DST ends: January to December.
• Set the Time when you want DST to end in 24 hours format.
Default: 1st Sunday September, Time 00 hours and 00 minutes.
When the DST of a particular country starts or ends on the Last Sunday or any other day, for instance, the
last Tuesday, last Friday of the month, always set the Ordinal Number as '5th'.
• If you select Date-Month Wise option, configure the following parameters:
DST Start
• Select the Month when DST begins: January to December.
• Select the Date on which DST begins: 1 to 31.
• Set the Time when DST begins in 24 hours format.
DST End
• Select the Month when DST ends: January to December.
• Select the Date on which DST ends: 1 to 31.
• Set the Time when DST ends in 24 hours format.
• Click Submit to save your DST settings.
Example: If you are installing SETU VFXTH in a country in the European Union, as per the European Summer
Time, the DST would start on the Last Sunday in March and end on the Last Sunday in October each year. Clocks
are advanced by one hour at 01:00 hours GMT at the start of DST and set back by one hour at 01:00 hours GMT
when DST ends. Let us take the example of setting DST, if SETU VFXTH were installed in Berlin, Germany. In the
year 2011, the DST in Berlin starts on Sunday, 27 March at 02:00:00 hours and ends on Sunday 30 October at
03:00:00 hours. To set DST you must do the following:
1. Select the DST Type as Custom.
2. Set the Time Offset as 60 minutes.
3. Select the option Date-Month Wise as Type
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4. Configure the DST Start as follows:
• Select March as the Month.
• Select 27th as the Date.
9. You can also select Day-Month-wise as Type.