03.01.2011, 22:21
(01.01.2011, 18:23)scribbly Wrote: I guess it could be a menu item: "Add Timezone to track"... does that make it like the option above?
If I'd add it to the Complement-Menu as Complement->Timezone Dunno if that is obvious for users.
[/quote]
Typically I now add the timezone to the end of the filename... for example 110102 123456 130241 EST.gpx would be the file name, when I am using EST [Eastern Standard Time] and have set the GPS unit to EST. If I am on a cruise, or driving across Canada and the U.S., where the timezone will change during a given trip several times, or during a cruise every night or two, I use GMT or Universal Time Zone instead so that I can sync to the camera I use. I also set the camera's clock to GMT when I am doing that sort of cruising and photography. So for me having the program use GMT and allowing ME to adjust for the correct offset is perfect, however it is done. Note that when the cruise I was on visited Corner Brook, Newfoundland, the SHIP stayed on Atlantic Time and did NOT switch to Newfoundland time, even though there is a 1/2 hour difference between the two. Using GMT solved that problem for me, and NO GPS that I know of can accommodate the sort of nonsense that the ship NOT changing correctly would result in otherwise.
So for me the base needs to be GMT and IF the file name showing the correct time zone can be read and used, that is an alternative way to set the time in the program <grin> as long as it is clearly stated in the rules. I always have that time zone just before the .gpx in my files, FWIW