Date display, Year display, Daylight saving and leap year adjustments – Emerson Radio CKS2237 User Manual

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Hold the TIME ZONE button and then press either the SET + or SET – buttons

until your own time zone appears on the display, then release the buttons. The

clock display will change to the correct time in the time zone you selected. The

clock will always return to the correct time in the zone you selected after every

power interruption. If you move to a different time zone, simply change the default

zone display to the new zone and the SmartSet

®

will remember that setting for you.

DATE DISPLAY

The correct Month and Date appear in the small display. The Month and Date are

expressed numerically in the MM/DD format.

For example, May 21st will be displayed as (5. 21). This display adjusts automatically

for months of different lengths.

For example, at midnight on February 28th (2. 28), the display will automatically

change to March 1st (3. 1), unless it is a Leap Year, in which case the display will

change to February 29th (2. 29).

YEAR DISPLAY

To see the correct Year, depress the TIME and MONTH/DATE buttons together.

The small display changes from “Month/Date” to

“Year”. When you release the TIME and MONTH/

DATE buttons the small display returns to Month

and Date.

DAYLIGHT SAVING AND LEAP YEAR ADJUSTMENTS

All Daylight Saving and Leap Year adjustments are made automatically by

the SmartSet

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internal computer as follows:

Start of Daylight Saving Time:

At “2:00 AM” on the 2nd Sunday in March, the clock will automatically

advance to “3:00 AM”.

End of Daylight Saving Time:

At “3:00 AM” on the 1st Sunday in November, the clock will automatically

reset to “2:00 AM”.

Leap Year:

At “12:00 Midnight” on February 28th, the calendar display will change

to “2. 29”.

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