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Chapter 42 Summer Time Configuration 
42.1 Introduction to Summer Time 
Summer time is also called daylight saving time, it is a time system for saving energy sources. 
In summer the time is advanced 1 hour to keep early hours, reduce the lighting, so as to save 
electrolighting. The rule that adopt summer time is different in each country. At present, almost 
110 countries implement summer time. 
Compare  with  the  standard  time,  usually  set  summer  time  1  hour  late,  for  example,  when 
summer  time is  implementing, 10:00 am  of  the  standard  time  is  considered  11:00  am  of 
summer time. 
42.2 Summer Time Configuration Task Sequence 
1. Configure absolute or recurrent time range of summer time 
Command 
Explanation 
Global Mode 
clock summer-time <word> absolute 
<HH:MM> <YYYY.MM.DD> <HH:MM> 
<YYYY.MM.DD> [<offset>] 
no clock summer-time 
Set absolute time range of summer time, start 
and  end  summer  time  is  configured  with 
specified year. 
clock summer-time <word> recurring 
<HH:MM> <MM.DD> <HH:MM> <MM.DD> 
[<offset>] 
no clock summer-time 
Set  recurrent  time  range  of  summer  time, 
every year the summer time  begins from the 
start time and end at the end time. 
clock summer-time <word> recurring 
<HH:MM> <week> <day> <month> 
<HH:MM> <week> <day> <month> 
[<offset>] 
no clock summer-time 
Set  recurrent  time  range  of  summer  time, 
every year the summer time  begins from the 
start time and end at the end time. 
42.3 Examples of Summer Time 
Example1: 
The configuration requirement in the following: The summer time from 23:00 on April 1th, 2012 
to 00:00 on October 1th, 2012, clock offset as 1 hour, and summer time is named as 2012. 
Configuration procedure is as follows: 










