Daylight to game time all messed up. - Page 3

BigWalleye · 03-09-13, 08:08 AM

IIRC, in WW2 subs, boat time was at the skipper's option. I believe O'Kane talks about this. Most kept base time. Some used Zulu. And a few used local zone time. Changing time by zone has the disadvantage that it impacts the watch-keeping schedule. Since every patrol report I've seen uses base time, I guess the boats that didn't would translate all log times back to base time when they wrote their reports.

AFAIK, there is no mod that allows you to adjust the sub's clock. All subs operate on base time. It's not hard to adjust to. After a short time on station, you quickly learn the times of local sunrise and sunset. And these change with season and latitude anyway.

Hey, get used to it! It's the Navy way!

Dorjun Driver · 03-09-13, 10:31 AM

Doing trans-ocean deliveries, I insist on keeping the clock set at our TZ of departure. Over the course of the transit, for the bums who don't do two dogs, it makes the mid-watch almost bearable. Almost.

BigWalleye · 03-09-13, 10:35 AM

I hate to think about the 3x6 schedule which is standard on nuke boats. Only the young are that pliable!

Dorjun Driver · 03-10-13, 02:20 PM

I've found this to be handy. Use Form B and set the time zone equal to that of your departing base, which may be found here.

BigWalleye · 03-11-13, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Dorjun Driver

I've found this to be handy. Use Form B and set the time zone equal to that of your departing base, which may be found here.

Those are two very useful links! Thanks for posting them, DD!

03-09-13, 08:08 AM	#31
BigWalleye Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: On the Eye-lond, mon! Posts: 1,987 Downloads: 465 Uploads: 0	IIRC, in WW2 subs, boat time was at the skipper's option. I believe O'Kane talks about this. Most kept base time. Some used Zulu. And a few used local zone time. Changing time by zone has the disadvantage that it impacts the watch-keeping schedule. Since every patrol report I've seen uses base time, I guess the boats that didn't would translate all log times back to base time when they wrote their reports. AFAIK, there is no mod that allows you to adjust the sub's clock. All subs operate on base time. It's not hard to adjust to. After a short time on station, you quickly learn the times of local sunrise and sunset. And these change with season and latitude anyway. Hey, get used to it! It's the Navy way!

03-09-13, 10:31 AM	#32
Dorjun Driver Loader Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: The Upper Left Edge Posts: 81 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	Doing trans-ocean deliveries, I insist on keeping the clock set at our TZ of departure. Over the course of the transit, for the bums who don't do two dogs, it makes the mid-watch almost bearable. Almost.

03-09-13, 10:35 AM	#33
BigWalleye Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: On the Eye-lond, mon! Posts: 1,987 Downloads: 465 Uploads: 0	I hate to think about the 3x6 schedule which is standard on nuke boats. Only the young are that pliable!

03-10-13, 02:20 PM	#34
Dorjun Driver Loader Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: The Upper Left Edge Posts: 81 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	I've found *this* to be handy. Use Form B and set the time zone equal to that of your departing base, which may be found *here*.