Dates and Times regarding local vs GMT
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:54 pm
Has anyone noticed this...
I've had a few flights recently that spanned more than one date, Leg one starts late on day-A, Leg two starts early on day-B. Sometimes I will flight Leg two a couple "real" days later. When I setup the flight for leg two on the proper FS world date and GMT time, the local time can sometimes still be in the prior date... with me so far?
It seems the date FSFK will use in PIREPs is associated with the local time's date, rather than the GMT date... MSFS does not have two dates (local & GMT), eventhough it has both time settings... I always adjust the GMT time to align with the schedule, and have the calender graphic reflect the "flight date" per the schedule also. i.e., If the GMT time is 2:10 and my local time is 21:10, there are two dates in play.
The selected "date" can't be applied to both times.
The screwy result is that I've had some multi-leg flights that get reported out of sequence in the PIREP list due to this date issue.
Can someone verify which time the FS date is really refering to, and/or if FSFK is in agreement.. it seems to me the local time gets the date rather than GMT... makes it somewhat confusing.
Thanks,
I've had a few flights recently that spanned more than one date, Leg one starts late on day-A, Leg two starts early on day-B. Sometimes I will flight Leg two a couple "real" days later. When I setup the flight for leg two on the proper FS world date and GMT time, the local time can sometimes still be in the prior date... with me so far?
It seems the date FSFK will use in PIREPs is associated with the local time's date, rather than the GMT date... MSFS does not have two dates (local & GMT), eventhough it has both time settings... I always adjust the GMT time to align with the schedule, and have the calender graphic reflect the "flight date" per the schedule also. i.e., If the GMT time is 2:10 and my local time is 21:10, there are two dates in play.
The selected "date" can't be applied to both times.The screwy result is that I've had some multi-leg flights that get reported out of sequence in the PIREP list due to this date issue.
Can someone verify which time the FS date is really refering to, and/or if FSFK is in agreement.. it seems to me the local time gets the date rather than GMT... makes it somewhat confusing.
Thanks,
