IM280 User Guide - Priority Systems

Time and Date Management
9.12 Time and Date Management
Daylight Savings Time Transitions
The mailing system normally auto-adjusts to Daylight Savings Time . However, if a
manual adjustment is necessary, you can use either of the following procedures to
correct the mailing system time:
• As user: How to Unlock the Meter p.67
• As supervisor: How to Check/Adjust the Machine Time and Date p.148 below.
Time and Date Setting
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The time and date are required for postage and are provided by the postal authorities.
As a result, you cannot manually adjust the system time and date.
However, you can ask the system to check the current time and date and display
them.
See also
• Re-dating Mail p.38 .
• Automatic Date Advance p.139 .
Configuring your Mailing System
How to Check/Adjust the Machine Time and Date
How to Check/
Adjust the
Machine Time
and Date
To check the time and date, make sure the connection to the
Postal Services is available. See How to Select a Postal/Online
Services Connection p.145 .
To check/adjust the current time and date:
1 As supervisor (see How to Log in as Supervisor p.124 ):
Press and type 6.3 or select the path:
> Machine settings > Date and time
2 Select Audit call to adjust the time.
The system adjusts its time if necessary and displays time
and date values.
If the clock adjusts backwards for 'Daylight savings time', the
mailing system will wait until last postage printing time before
allowing you to process new mail.
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