7.4 Time zones

The configured time zones can be used in the Alarms, Measurements and On-demand reports menus and also for the Time zone parameter of the equipments. PVSR contains all the time zones it knows of, so the configuration consist only of selecting the ones we would like to appear on the GUI and giving them an appropriate name.

The table containing the configured time zones has four data columns:

·       ID: the ID of the entry. This It is shown here because its value can be used in an equipment template

·       Name: name of the time zone setting

·       Definition: the time zone “definition”, for example Europe/Budapest

·       Time zone rules: this is a calculated field based on the value of the Definition parameter and its purpose is only informational:

o   Offset (GMT): the offset of the time zone from the GMT time zone (Greenwich Mean Time)

o   Daylight saving time is used: whether the given time zone has daylight saving time settings. If it has not then the following three parameters are not shown

o   Daylight saving time offset: the GMT offset during daylight saving

o   Daylight saving time starts: the generic rule when the daylight saving starts. The rule is displayed for the current year, meaning that for USA time zones it displays the new rule

o   Daylight saving time ends: the generic rule when the daylight saving ends. The rule is displayed for the current year, meaning that for USA time zones it displays the new rule