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+/* European Daylight Saving Time (DST) */
+
+// The Real Time Clock is kept in local winter time (standard time). This approach is key for the simplicity of this solution.
+// This code is for a DST from Last sunday in March 2:00 (am) local time until Last sunday in October 3:00 (am) local time. 
+// The DST time can be changed if required, by choosing a different hour in the DateTime function (4th parameter).
+
+#include <RTClib.h>   // https://github.com/adafruit/rtclib 
+RTC_DS3231 rtc; 
+//RTC_DS1307 rtc;
+
+#define BAUD   57600 // Baud rate for the serial monitor
+#define USEDST  true // Use DST (true or false)
+#define StoA       1 // Standard (stored) time to actual time
+#define AtoS       2 // Actual time to standard (stored) time
+#define getclock() dstclock(rtc.now(), 1) // Improve code readability: replace getclock() with dstclock(rtc.now(), StoA)
+
+DateTime now; 
+int lastsec;
+
+DateTime dstclock(DateTime n, int type) { // Return the given (DST adjusted) date and time according to DST settings (for extensive date and time calculations)
+  
+  DateTime b, e;
+  
+  b = DateTime(n.year(), 3, 31, 2, 0, 0); // Begin of DST: set on March 31 2:00 (am)
+  if (n.month() == 3) b = DateTime(n.year(), 3, 31 - b.dayOfTheWeek(), 2, 0, 0); // Begin of DST: adjusted to last sunday in March 2:00 (am) when actual month is March
+  e = DateTime(n.year(), 10, 31, 2, 0, 0); // End of DST: set on October 31 2:00 (am)
+  if (n.month() == 10) e = DateTime(n.year(), 10, 31 - e.dayOfTheWeek(), 2, 0, 0); // End of DST: adjusted to last sunday in October 2:00 (am) when actual month is October
+
+  if (USEDST) {
+    if ((type == StoA) && (n >= b) && (n < e)) n = n + TimeSpan(0,1,0,0); else // adjust standard (winter) to actual time if DST is used and within summertime 
+      if ((type == AtoS) && (n >= b) && (n < e)) n = n - TimeSpan(0,1,0,0); // adjust actual to standard (winter) time if DST is used and within summertime 
+  }
+  return n;
+};  
+
+void setclock(DateTime n) { // if the clock is set during summertime then adjust the clock to standard time
+  rtc.adjust(dstclock(n, AtoS)); // Set the clock to standard time
+}; 
+
+void setup() {
+  // initialise the rtc 
+  rtc.begin();
+  if (rtc.lostPower()) setclock(DateTime(F(__DATE__), F(__TIME__))); // Set date and time for use with the DS3231 RTC
+  // if (!rtc.isrunning()) setclock(DateTime(F(__DATE__), F(__TIME__))); // Set date and time for use with the DS1307 RTC
+
+  // initialise the serial port 
+  Serial.begin(BAUD);
+  Serial.println(""); Serial.println(""); Serial.println("----------------- New start ------------------");;
+
+  // Start the DST demonstration
+  setclock(DateTime(F(__DATE__), F(__TIME__))); // Set the clock to compile date and time
+
+  // show standard (winter) time
+  now = rtc.now(); // retreive the standard time
+  Serial.print("     Actual standard time: ");
+  Serial.print(now.timestamp(DateTime::TIMESTAMP_DATE)); Serial.print(" ");  // print the date
+  Serial.println(now.timestamp(DateTime::TIMESTAMP_TIME));                   // print the time 
+
+  // show the DST corrected time (only when in DST period, otherwise this equals the standard time)
+  Serial.print("Actual DST corrected time: ");
+  now = getclock(); // get DST corrected time 
+  Serial.print(now.timestamp(DateTime::TIMESTAMP_DATE)); Serial.print(" ");  // print the date
+  Serial.print(now.timestamp(DateTime::TIMESTAMP_TIME)); Serial.println(""); // print the time
+  Serial.println("");
+  delay(5000); 
+
+  // show the DST activation
+  Serial.println("- Demonstration of the DST activation -");
+  Serial.println("---------------------------------------");
+  Serial.println("Last standard time: 2024-03-31 01:59:59");
+  Serial.println("    First DST time: 2024-03-31 03:00:00");
+  Serial.println("");
+  delay(5000); 
+  setclock(DateTime(2024, 3, 31, 1, 59, 45)); // Set the clock 15 seconds before DST starts
+  lastsec = now.second(); 
+}
+
+void loop() {
+  now = getclock(); // read the time from the RTC and adjust for DST
+  if (lastsec != now.second()) { // if a new second
+    Serial.print(now.timestamp(DateTime::TIMESTAMP_DATE)); Serial.print(" ");  // print the date
+    Serial.print(now.timestamp(DateTime::TIMESTAMP_TIME)); Serial.println(""); // print the time
+    lastsec = now.second(); // store the current second
+  }
+}