AT&T DEFINITY 555-230-223 - Manual (Page 99)

System Administration
Field Name Description
Offset Time: The number of hours that vary from Universal Time (also
known as Greenwich Mean Time). See the table that follows.
Direction (E/W)
The direction your location is from the Universal Time zone,
east (E) or west (W).
Daylight Savings
Timezone Information
Name
The name or abbreviation of a second, optional time zone. A
list of standard abbreviations follows this table.
If you enter any value, this time zone will follow U. S. Daylight
Savings rules. In the U.S., Daylight Savings begins the first
Sunday of April at 2 a.m.. Standard Time begins on the last
Sunday of October at 2 a.m. If this field is blank, then
Daylight Savings does not apply.
Standard Standard Daylight
Time Zone Time Zone Savings Offset (Offset)
Name Abbreviation Abbreviation Time Direction
Greenwich GMT GDT 00:00 W
Atlantic AST ADT 04:00 W
Eastern EST EDT 05:00 W
Central CST CDT 06:00 W
Mountain MST MDT 07:00 W
Pacific PST PDT 08:00 W
Yukon YST YDT 08:00 W
Alaska 10:00 W none
(Use full
name) none
(Use full
name)
Hawaii HST HDT 10:00 W
Bering BST BDT 11:00 W
To use this screen:
1. On the top line, type the time, month, day, and year. Press Tab or use the arrow
keys to move from field to field.
2. Under Standard Timezone Information, type the name or abbreviation in the
Name field, the offset time, and the direction, as follows:
If you enter a name or abbreviation from the list in this section, then you don’t
have to enter offset time or direction.
3-38 Issue 1 January 1996