Lindy MC5-IP User Manual

This page allows you to configure all aspects relating to time and date within the 
MC5-IP unit.

Timezone specifier
Optionally enter a recognised timezone specifier related to the current position 
of the MC5-IP unit. When an NTP server is used, the specifier will be used to 
provide the correct real time.

The timezone specifier takes the following form: 
     

std offset dst [offset],start[/time],end[/time]

The 

 and 

 specify the standard time zone, such as GMT and 0, or 

CET and -1, or EST and 5, respectively. 
The 

 string and 

[offset]

 specify the name and offset for the 

corresponding Daylight Saving Time zone; if the 

 is omitted, it defaults 

to one hour ahead of standard time. 
The remainder of the specification describes when Daylight Saving Time is 
in effect. The 

 field is when Daylight Saving Time goes into effect and 

the 

 field is when the change is made back to standard time. The most 

common format used for the daylight saving time is: 

 

Where: 

specifies the month and must be between 

1 and 12. The day 

 

must be between 

0 (Sunday) and 6. The week 

 must be between 

1 and 

5; week 1 is the first week in which day 

 occurs, and week 

5 specifies the 

 

 day in the month. 

The 

 fields specify when, in the local time currently in effect, the change 

to the other time occurs. If omitted, the default is 

02:00:00. 

Typical examples are:

UK:    

 

 

GMT0BST,M3.5.0/1,M10.5.0/2

Central Europe:   

 

CET-1CEST,M3.5.0/2,M10.5.0/3

US Eastern (2006):  

 

EST5EDT,M4.1.0/2,M10.5.0/2

US Pacific (2006):  

 

PST8PDT,M4.1.0/2,M10.5.0/2

US Eastern (from 2007):  

EST5EDT,M3.2.0/2,M11.1.0/2

US Pacific (from 2007):  

PST5PDT,M3.2.0/2,M11.1.0/2

•  For details of timezone specifier formats, please refer to:

http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/TZ-Variable.html

•  For details of the Network Time Protocol (main RFC number: 1305; the SNTP 

subset used as the basis for the MC5-IP: 4330)

http://www.ietf.org/rfc.html

 

 

Time and Date
Use the arrow buttons to set the correct current time.

Use NTP
When this option is selected, the MC5 will synchronise its internal clocks using 
information from the (Network Time Protocol) server listed in the NTP Server IP 
address field. 

NTP Server IP address
Optionally enter the IP address for a known Network Time Protocol server.  

Set Time from NTP Server
Click to immediately use the time and date information from the listed NTP server.