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How to automatically manage daylight saving time in the HMI using a macro?

 

  In this post, we will show you how to automatically manage daylight saving time in the HMI using a macro. The time change was first applied in 1916. Since 2002, the time change has been carried out in a uniform manner in all the Member States of the European Union:

  • the changeover to summer time takes place on the night of the last Saturday in March
  • the changeover to winter time takes place on the night of the last Saturday in October

As a reminder, the EU countries are currently divided into three time zones:

  • Western Europe (GMT): Ireland and Portugal
  • Central Europe (GMT+1): Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden
  • Eastern Europe (GMT+2): Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania and Romania.

 

With HMI-Tool

In the Macro Editor, add a new macro and copy it. #include "MacroInit.h"
void Macro_main(IN *p)
{
MarcoInit
// Daylight / Time change Summer Winter
// < ! > Call this script every minute
// The changeover to summer time takes place on the night of the last Saturday in March;
// the changeover to winter time takes place on the night of the last Saturday to Sunday in October.
int minute=BCD2BIN(LocalWord[60001])； // All are in BCD format. Convert in decimal.
int hour=BCD2BIN(LocalWord[60002])；
int day=BCD2BIN(LocalWord[60003])；
int month=BCD2BIN(LocalWord[60004])；
int dateofweek=BCD2BIN(LocalWord[60006])； // Monday=1
// The changeover to SUMMER time takes place on the night of the last Saturday in March. Sunday morning at 03:00:xx am, it's 04:00:xx am
if ((month==3) && (day>=25) && (dateofweek==7) && (hour==03) && (minute==00)) // March & 25th or more & Sunday & 03:00 pm ?
{
LocalWord[60002]=4; // New hour
LocalBit[65535]=0; // False=Summer time. (Necessary only for winter time)
}
// The changeover to WINTER time takes place on the night of the last Saturday to Sunday in October. Sunday morning at 03:00:xx am, it's 02:00:xx am
if ((LocalBit[65535]==0) && (month==10) && (day>=25) && (dateofweek==7) && (hour==03) && (minute==00)) // October & 25th or more & Sunday & 03:00 pm ?
{
LocalWord[60002]=2; // New hour
LocalBit[65535]=1; // True=Winter. Avoid a loop with an infinite change at every 3am because at 3am, it is 2am!
}
}
 Add the macro in “global Macro” list And set its execution frequency to 60000 ms (1 minute) to update the clock every minute.  

How it works

For daylight saving time, the last Sunday of March, between 03:00:00 and 03:00:59, the script will change the time to 04:00:xx. The seconds will not change.

For winter time, the last Sunday of October, between 03:00:00 and 03:00:59, the script will change the time to 02:00:xx. The seconds will not change.

In the Bit LB65535 you have the state of this daylight saving time: Winter=1, Summer=0.
You can replace LB65535 by LB51999 for backup the value (HMI register types: LB, LW, RWI and retentive/save register)

You can download here the HMI-Tool project (V7.0) if you wish to test it.

See also How to set and synchronize the ACE PLC clock with the HMI using a macro