[APBeta] GMT offsets for sites in AP 2.0

[Michael Portuesi]

That's interesting.  Your default is exactly one hour off my actual  
GMT offset, which was a red herring making me suspect a DST bug.

BTW, are you getting the bug reports that I'm submitting via the AP  
built-in crash handler?  I think it also needs a soothing confirmation  
message that the report was sent.

m.

On May 31, 2008, at 6:41 PM, Paul Rodman wrote:

>
> On May 31, 2008, at 16:50 , Michael Portuesi wrote:
>
>> I'm setting up my batch of "Usual" observing sites an AP2.  I  
>> opened AP 1.6.1 and put its Resources dialog next to the AP 2  
>> version, and I'm copying things by hand.
>>
>> One thing I'm noticing off the bat is that AP 2 chose a GMT offset  
>> of -7 hours for my site (San Francisco).  I chose this site from  
>> AP's built-in database.  It seems to remain at -7 regardless of  
>> whether or not I select DST rules for the site.
>>
>> Over in AP 1.x, all of my local observing sites use a GMT offset of  
>> -8 hours (correct for my location, ignoring DST entirely).
>>
>> Which is correct?  Should I be using USA DST rules with a GMT  
>> offset of -7 or -8 in AP2.0?
>
>
> -8 hours.
>
> I haven't changed anything for the built-in database. However, the  
> database does not include GMT offsets, so the app just plonks in a  
> value of -7. I really should look at the longitude and take a stab  
> at guessing the time zone. I'll add a feature request for that.
>
> There...
>
> <http://www.astroplanner.net/reports/details/1000/1079.shtml>
>
>
> Paul R.
>
> _______________________________________________
> APBeta mailing list
> APBeta at lists.astroplanner.net
> http://lists.astroplanner.net/listinfo.cgi/apbeta-astroplanner.net