Time and daylight saving

Location tab on model data at Site level

 

Time zone

Select the Time zone for the site location.  The time zone defines both the standard time meridian and information on daylight saving. Generally you should leave this as the default for the location.

 

You can override daylight savings to be off by unchecking the Use daylight saving model data.

 

DesignBuilder models the effect of daylight saving time where the clocks are moved forward one hour in the summer months in most non-equatorial countries.  The timing of this is handled automatically using the Time zones database when you load data from one of the Location templates supplied with the program.

 

There are some factors you should be aware of:

 

 

See also:

 

Start/End of Winter/Summer

These settings are loaded from the Location template and cannot be edited in Model data.

 

For Northern hemisphere locations you should normally expect to see data like:

 

 

For Southern hemisphere locations you should normally expect to see data like:

 

Note: It is important that the selected months cover the entire year.