I agree. I also keep my computers on local time. I use them for other things besides radio. DXB and Writelog both make the UTC conversion automagically.
Wonder if he's using the automatic time syncing? Would having a computer set to Monrovia and then syncing with NIST confuse the date portion of the sync? ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Harlem, W1EBI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 10:05 AM Subject: RE: SV: [DXBase] date problem > I prefer and use LA7QI's method. Yes, my shack wall clock runs UTC, but > I keep DXBase on both the shack PC and my everyday laptop (in case I get > bored in the office and want to check award status...), so both > computers run EST/EDT sync'd to NIST, but DXB translates to UTC. > > Different strokes. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Wes (N7WS) and Linda > Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 2:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: SV: [DXBase] date problem > > At 05:57 PM 4/17/2003 +0200, ystein Stokkeland wrote: > >You shouold have your computer running your local time, and DXbase > >request the UTC-time from Windows via internal system call. > > Not at all. I like my computer clock set to GMT. What ham shack has a > local time clock anyway? > > See: http://dxbase.com/utctime.htm > > _______________________________________________ > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > > _______________________________________________ > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > >
