5.2.1 - Selecting the summer / winter time changes :
Using the “+” key, select the zone acting as reference for the summer/winter
time change dates, then confirm by pressing the “Select” key..
Reference Zone Display
No time change
Europe time change
United States/Canada time change
Programmable mode time change
or time changes at fixed dates.
Rules followed by Styles clocks to determine the summer periods :
Nota : for GMT, EUR, USA selection, see also the chapter 5.2.3 selecting the time
difference (page 13).
– G.M.T. mode : No winter / summer change.
– Europe mode (Eur) : from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday
in October. The time change takes effect at 1 o’clock GMT. (In March
at 2 o’clock local time, forward + 1 hour. In October at 3 o’clock local
time, back – 1 hour).
Nota : Europe is divided in 3 hourly groups :
Continental Europe : France, Germany, Spain, ...
Western Europe : England, Ireland, Portugal, ...
Eastern Europe : Finland, Greece, ...
– United States / Canada Mode (USA): from the second Sunday of
March to the first Sunday of November. The time change takes effect
at 2 o’clock, local time.
– Programmable Mode (PrG): Every year dates for the hour change are
automatically calculated according to the programming below.
a) repetitive mode :
- selection of month (1 to 12) January (1) to December (12).
- selection of the day number (1 to 5) for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th or
last (5) of the month)
- selection of the day type (1 to 7) for Monday (1) to Sunday (7).
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