change form UTC to LMST
Bug #1652763 reported by
Victor Reijs
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Stellarium |
Fix Released
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Low
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Alexander Wolf |
Bug Description
Why is the displayed time in LMST before 1847CE? I state in Configure, that the program needs to use the system method, so why change that behavior when going earlier than 1847CE?
All the best for 2017,
Victor
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Hi Victor!
We decided the use of time zones makes no sense before introduction of time zones. This should prevent mistakes when checking old observation records which in all likeliness were written in local mean solar time.
We have also disabled the global (Bortle) light pollution before 1825 when public outdoor lighting did not matter too much.
Hmm, but yes, there seems to be something strange. My LMST can be set to UTC+1 and still displays LMST. OK, it seems some minor issues still to be solved. And it certainly makes sense to have UTC (GMT) available regardless of location.