# ARS Day and Time Zones

## Purpose

The ARS Day and Time Zones form defines Day and Time Zone Numbers used for Automatic Route Selection. Each Day and Time Zone Number includes up to three Day Zones and up to four Time Zones. For each Day and Time Zone Number, the combination of Day Zones and Time Zones covers all the days of the week and all hours of the day.

NOTE: This topic refers to day and time zones used for Automatic Route Selection (ARS
See Automatic Route Selection.). For information about setting Date and Time, see Configuration > Date and Time in the Server Manager (for all deployments except Container-based MiVoice Business (cMiVB)). For Container-based MiVoice Business (cMiVB), you can set the date and time through Solution Manager > Time Zone.

Use this form when performing the following tasks:

- Program Automatic Route Selection

- Advanced ARS Programming

## Field Descriptions

Parameter | Description | Default Value
Day and Time Zone Number | System-generated, protected field. Identified the day and time zone using a number from 1 to 4. This number is referred to by the ARS Route Plans form. |
Day Zone 1 | Enter the days that define Day Zone 1. Enter days as "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday", and "Sunday". The period specified for a Day Zone can be discontinuous - for example, "Sunday, Wednesday, Friday". All the days of the week must be covered by the ARS Day Zone. | Blank
Day Zone 2 | As per Day Zone 1 | Blank
Day Zone 3 | As per Day Zone 1 | Blank
Time Zone 1 | Enter the hours that define each Time Zone. A number in this field represents a one hour period. For example, "7" represents the period from 7:00 to 8:00. Enter numbers in a 24-hour format (numbers from "0" to "23" are valid). You may enter a time range ("9-14"). Enter numbers in ascending order (08-11 rather than 08-06). All the hours of the day must be covered by the ARS Time Zone. | Blank
Time Zone 2 | As per Time Zone 1 | Blank
Time Zone 3 | As per Time Zone 1 | Blank
Time Zone 4 | As per Time Zone 1 | Blank