wonky time re: sunset sunrise

Von Tonner · 01-29-08, 09:40 AM

Was the time of sunsets and sunrise not corrected? I thought it was. It is disconcerting to surface at 22.00 to find it it is full sunlight Is there a work around for this bug other than keep a look out for the change in interior lighting.

Note the time in these pics and where the sun is.

AVGWarhawk · 01-29-08, 09:43 AM

You keep your base time of day.

swdw · 01-29-08, 10:13 AM

Download the file in this post It will help you lookup the sunrise, sunset time for th longitude you're at.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=129914

Even today, boats run off a standard time and do not change their clocks as they pass from one time zone to another. Avoids confusion when sending / receiving orders with boats scattered all over the deep blue sea. They will have a seperate clock for local time as a reference, but operational orders are exchanged using the std time.

seaniam81 · 01-30-08, 01:47 AM

ya what the others said. It would be really confusing crossing the international date line

Von Tonner · 01-30-08, 03:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by swdw

Download the file in this post It will help you lookup the sunrise, sunset time for th longitude you're at.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=129914

Even today, boats run off a standard time and do not change their clocks as they pass from one time zone to another. Avoids confusion when sending / receiving orders with boats scattered all over the deep blue sea. They will have a seperate clock for local time as a reference, but operational orders are exchanged using the std time.

Thanks SWDW - that info is most helpful. I take back my inference to a bug

Seadogs · 01-30-08, 06:34 AM

Actually we do change the time from time zone to time zone. However, clocks on equipment and timestamps on message traffic go by "Zulu" time, which is GMT.

Edit: re-read your post and I see you had the gist of it, my bad.

Sailor Steve · 01-30-08, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Von Tonner

Thanks SWDW - that info is most helpful. I take back my inference to a bug

That same thing happened in SH3 - you should have read the comments from people patrolling the American coast after setting sail from Kiel!:rotfl:

Quillan · 01-30-08, 01:09 PM

True, but in SH3, if you held the mouse pointer over the time display, it would pop up a tooltip in the center bottom of the screen that displayed local time. In SH4, the popup is still there but both are displaying base time, rather than one showing home and one showing local time.

Munchausen · 01-30-08, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

You keep your base time of day.

Not always. On return from Japan to Pearl, my game must've glitched because the sun started coming up at about 0400hrs. By the time I'd reached home port, it was rising close to midnight.

:hmm: I chalked it up to a momentary brown-out and a poor recovery by my UPS. But who knows.

01-29-08, 09:40 AM	#1
Von Tonner Seasoned Skipper Join Date: May 2005 Location: South Africa Posts: 711 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	wonky time re: sunset sunrise Was the time of sunsets and sunrise not corrected? I thought it was. It is disconcerting to surface at 22.00 to find it it is full sunlight Is there a work around for this bug other than keep a look out for the change in interior lighting. Note the time in these pics and where the sun is.

01-29-08, 09:43 AM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	You keep your base time of day. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

01-29-08, 10:13 AM	#3
swdw Grey Wolf Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 921 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	Download the file in this post It will help you lookup the sunrise, sunset time for th longitude you're at. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=129914 Even today, boats run off a standard time and do not change their clocks as they pass from one time zone to another. Avoids confusion when sending / receiving orders with boats scattered all over the deep blue sea. They will have a seperate clock for local time as a reference, but operational orders are exchanged using the std time. __________________ "There are only two types of ships- submarines...... and targets" Unknown "you wouldn't catch me on a ship that deliberately sinks itself"- comment to me from a surface sailor. System: AMD 6300 3.5 GHz \| 32GB DDR3 \| SATA 300 320GB HD, SATA III 1TB HD, SATA III 1.TB HD \| ASUS Sonar DS sound card NVIDIA 1660 Super OC \| Windows 10

01-30-08, 01:47 AM	#4
seaniam81 Commodore Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 624 Downloads: 87 Uploads: 0	ya what the others said. It would be really confusing crossing the international date line __________________ Ultima ratio regum. (The final argument of kings) - Inscription on french cannons, on order of Louis XIV

01-30-08, 01:09 PM	#8
Quillan Samurai Navy Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 579 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	True, but in SH3, if you held the mouse pointer over the time display, it would pop up a tooltip in the center bottom of the screen that displayed local time. In SH4, the popup is still there but both are displaying base time, rather than one showing home and one showing local time. __________________ We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

01-30-08, 06:34 AM	#6
Seadogs Ensign Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 228 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Actually we do change the time from time zone to time zone. However, clocks on equipment and timestamps on message traffic go by "Zulu" time, which is GMT. Edit: re-read your post and I see you had the gist of it, my bad.