Summer Time / Daylight Saving Time

alarmologist,

I got a feedback from the higher tier of NETGEAR Support.  Kindly read below: 

In the Summer Time Configuration of my M4100-50G-POE+,  XS712T and M7100-24X switches when I select Recurring USA the Begins At and Ends At settings are not configurable, as expected, but start and end both display the first Sunday of January.  Is this expected?  DST starts in March and ends in November.  Will it actually adjust in the correct months?  

Yes, as it doesn’t know what the monthly calendar it is yet and thus uses January as a place holder.  Once the time is updated from the NTP server, it should correct the day/month to the correct values.  US Recurring uses our 2nd Sunday in March and 1st Sunday in November.

When I select Recurring I can select the correct months, but I just want to confirm I understand the Offset field. I should enter 60 to set them one hour ahead?  I found a description of the Offset field in the manual for the XS712T, but not the other switches, they appear the same though.

Yes, the offset is the amount of minutes to shift when the time is adjusted.  Set the time to Standard time (winter) and then it will adjust to daylight savings time by advancing what you set the offset to when it triggers.

Regards,

DaneA

NETGEAR Community Team