2007 Daylight Saving Time Changes
The United States and Canada recognize a new US Government policy regarding Daylight Saving Time. Starting in March 2007, Daylight Saving Time will begin on the second Sunday in March and end on the first Sunday of November. Below are instructions for updating your computer and phone systems.
Year DST Begins at 2 a.m. DST Ends at 2 a.m.
2006 April 2 October 29
2007 March 11 November 4
2008 March 9 November 2
2009 March 8 November 1
Update Your Computer System (Windows XP)
Your computer will need to be updated for the new DST (Daylight Saving Time) changes. You can find out exactly on how to do that by visiting Update Daylight Saving Time.
Update Your Date and Time On a Merlin Legend System
To change either the Date or the Time on the Legend system, you must program it from the main System Programming console (MLX-20L). This will change the Time or Date on all the display phones throughout the system, except the ATL (Analog) display sets. These phones must be programmed on each individual set.
How to change the Date in the Legend system:
Press Menu.
Press System Program.
Press Exit.
Press System.
Press Date.
Enter date in following format: mmddyy (where MM is the month, DD is the day, and YY is the year).
Press Enter.
Press Exit.
Press Home to exit programming mode.
How to change the Time in the Legend system:
Press Menu.
Press System Program.
Press Exit
Press System.
Press Time.
Enter the time in military/24 hour format: HH:MM (where HH is the hour, 01-24, and MM is minutes, 00-60).
Press Enter.
Press Exit
Press Home to exit programming mode.
To change the date, day or time on an ATL set:
All ATL display telephones have the ability to show the time, day, and date on the display.
Note: When you touch the Set button the first time, you will see the word ALARM in the display screen. If the Alarm is not to be set, press the Set button two more times until just the Hours and the A or P (A - AM, P - PM) are flashing in the display window. If you do not need to set a particular item, press Set to bypass it.
Press Set until the item you want to change flashes.
Press Fwd or Rev to advance or reverse the Time, Day or Date.
When you have the correct Time, Day or Date, press Set.
If you only want to set a particular item, such as Time, Day, or Date, press Exit after programming it.
If you have programmed them all (Time, Day and Date) just press Set not Exit. (If you press Exit, you will see four zeroes in the place of the Date. This is for the Timer. Press Exit again to display the corrected Time, Day and Date.)
Update Your Date and Time On a Merlin Magix System
The time and date is a system feature rather than an individual telephone feature.
To change the date in the Magix system, from the System Programming console:
Press Menu.
Press System Program.
Press Exit or Start.
Press System.
Press Date.
Enter date in following format: mmddyy (where MM is the month, DD is the day, and YY is the year).
Press Enter.
Press Exit or Back.
Press Home or Exit to exit programming mode.
To change the time in the Magix system, from the System Programming console:
Press Menu.
Press System Program.
Press Exit or Start.
Press System.
Press Time.
Enter the time in military/24 hour format: HH:MM (where HH is the hour, 01-24, and MM is minutes, 00-60).
Press Enter.
Press Exit or Back.
Press Home or Exit to exit programming mode.
Update Your Date and Time On a Partner ACS System
To program the System Time on Basic Partner Release 4.1:
This System Programming procedure sets the time that appears on system display phones.
Enter the time in 24-hour notation. In this scheme, the hours of the day are 0000 (12 midnight) to 2359 (11:59 p.m.). Since each time must have four digits, use leading zeros when necessary. For example, to set the time to 9:00 a.m., enter 0900. For 4:45 p.m., enter 1645.
The time appears on system display phones as a.m. or p.m. (not in 24-hour notation).
To change the System Time using a display phone at extension 10 or 11:
Press Feature 00. Press System Program (Left Intercom button). Press System Program (Left Intercom button). Press # 103. Enter the time in 24-hour notation. For example, to set the time to 2:15p.m., press 1415. A display similar to the following appears:
System Time Data 1415 Note: The time will appear on system display phones as 2:15p.
Select another procedure or press Feature 00 to exit programming mode.