Jim Cowie wrote:
>
> Miguel Tremblay wrote:
> >>
> > Hi Jim,
> >
> > Sorry for the late answer, I was away for a while.
> >
> > The sunrise and sunset are computed using the lat/lon, not the timezone.
> > The timezone is used to write the output of the roadcast in local time.
> >
> > Try it with different time-zone and will see that the output is not
> > changed, only the local time of the roadcast.
> >
>
> Miguel,
>
> I am looking into this a little more. In what file would I find local
> times? All the files I see have times in UTC ('Z'). I changed the time-
> zone value in the station file as you suggested and indeed the roadcast
> data did not change, the only thing that changed was the production-date
> value, but I would expect that to change because it comes from the system
> and anyway, it was still in Z time.
>
> Ultimately, I'm trying to determine if we REALLY need time zone.
>
> thanks,
>
> -jim
>
Hi Jim,For what I see in the code, the time zone of the station maybe only used for logging. You dont need to use a time zone. Miguel -- Miguel Tremblay Coordonnateur national des services commerciaux - National coordinator, commercial services Centre météorologique canadien - Canadian meteorological centre (CMC) Environnement Canada - Environment Canada http://www.ec.gc.ca/ 2121 Trans-Canada N. Suite 228 Téléphone/Phone: 514-421-4729 Dorval, Québec Fax: 514-421-4679 CANADA H9P 1J3 courriel/email: [email protected] _______________________________________________ METRo-developers mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/metro-developers
