Luc Desamore Jun 1, 2012
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From: "Lawrence" <lawrence@...>
To: <guide-user@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, 01 June, 2012 16:50
Subject: [guide-user] Display time
>I am looking at the time displayed by Guide as I look forward a few
>days
> during preparation of my weekly astronomy article for a local
> newspaper.
> The display time says 0900 but I am instinctively wondering - is that
> GMT or BST? Would it seem reasonable to have the time zone also shown?
> If I set the time using the 'time zone' menu to 0900, it shows the
> display as 0900 so I assume that this means 0900UTC (=GMT). If the
> display could also show "UTC" (if not "GMT") then I would not see any
> ambiguity. These are forward predictions of course. The point here is
> that if I click on 'now' then the clock shows me 1543BST, but Guide
> (correctly) shows 1443UTC - hence my concern when I am doing forward
> planning. I do need to ensure that I am using the local time-scale.
>
> Assuming that this confusing description makes sense to everyone, I
> welcome comments - especially from Bill!
>
> Lawrence Harris
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