[Dxbase] DX time oops

Wed May 4 15:50:37 EDT 2005

 That should be fine. You don't log to local time, and even DX
 locations sunrise/sunset calculations are usually in UTC.
 Keith N5RA
 >From: "Jack" <jack at dxbase.com>
 >To: "FireBrick" <w9ol at billnjudy.com>, <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>,"Peter
 Dougherty" <w2irt at nac.net>
 >Subject: Re: [Dxbase] DX time oops
 >Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 13:39:28 -0400
 >
 >Peter,
 >
 >That's correct. When we looked at the extensive work that would be
 >required to handle DST throughout the world, we determined that most
 >users would not be willing the pay the cost for this level of
 >development. So, knowing that its use was pretty much intended to
 >be exactly as you stated.... to have a sense of the other guys local
 >time, we felt our development didn't need to take this to the
 >extreme level of DST. We think the feature fills the need that was
 >expressed to us in the past.
 >
 >Regards,
 >Jack
 >
 >----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Dougherty" <w2irt at nac.net>
 >To: "FireBrick" <w9ol at billnjudy.com>; <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
 >Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 11:11 AM
 >Subject: Re: [Dxbase] DX time oops
 >
 >
 >>At 07:04 04-05-05, FireBrick wrote:
 >>>Pete
 >>>The time should be calculated by Windows, go to the Time Applet in
 >>>Control Panel, make sure you have your time set properly and THAT
 >>>YOU CHECKED, 'Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving
 >>>changes'
 >>>
 >>>It's on the Time Zone Tab of the Date and Time Properties.
 >>
 >>Oh dear,
 >>
 >>I think I may have confused a few folks in discussing the "DX TIME"
 >>problem yesterday.
 >>
 >>What I am referring to is the marvellous little box within the
 >>summary window of DX Base 2006. It's the information box below
 >>"distance" and to the left of "sunset." The only thing this box
 >>does is show what the local time is of the station you are trying
 >>to work or that just popped up on a spot. In other words, if you
 >>see a spot for an FO station in Tahiti, and it's 10am where you are
 >>sitting. What's the local time in Papeete? Do you wish him good
 >>morning or good evening or is in the middle of the night? That's
 >>all this one's for, not for logging, record keeping or anything
 >>else; just simply as a way for you to get a sense of what time of
 >>day it is for the other bloke you're talking to.
 >>
 >>My local time zone is set correctly and set for DST. At this moment
 >>it is 10:52 AM, Eastern Daylight Savings Time. It is displayed
 >>correctly by Windows in the system tray. Immediately above it, in
 >>DX Base, is the UTC clock, which tracks the locally-set system time
 >>and adds the correct offset - it shows 14:52:ss at present.
 >>
 >>Now, I put my own call into the log, or that of someone in my own
 >>time zone. In the DX TIME box, it displays 09:52, and not 10:52 as
 >>it should. Likewise, if I enter the call of a station in Chicago,
 >>one hour behind NYC, it shows at 08:52, not 09:52, etc. Finally, if
 >>I enter a spot for a station in London, UK (in the SE9 postcode,
 >>nearest licensed ham to Greenwich), it displays 14:52 (UTC, not
 >>daylight time - London is UTC +1 in the summer). On the other hand,
 >>if I enter a VK2 call at present, in Sydnes, NSW, his local time is
 >>correct since Australia has reverted back to standard time.
 >>
 >>In other words, DST was never factored into the equation for this
 >>applet.
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Dougherty (W2IRT)"
 >>><w2irt at nac.net>
 >>>To: <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
 >>>Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 5:08 PM
 >>>Subject: [Dxbase] DX time oops
 >>>
 >>>
 >>>>Just found a slight bug in the DX Time info. Either that or I'm
 >>>>caught in a time warp. Entered my own call and it showed the "DX"
 >>>>time 1 hour behind my station's. Looks like it tracks UTC -X or
 >>>>UTC +X standard time and DST is not taken into account. Hrmmm.
 >>>>I'm not so worried about central-asia's daylight/standard time
 >>>>settings, but North/South American and European times should
 >>>>track DST and non-DST, IMHO.
 >>>>
 >>>>Oh well, not a major problem, but a patch for this would be kinda
 >>>>nice.
 >>>
 >>>
 >>>- pjd
 >>>
 >>>W2IRT
 >>
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