sunrise and sunset from google are in UTC, not local time

[Ondergetekende]

When the data source is set to Google, the weather indicator shows 5:54 for the sunrise and 18:01 for sunset. This does not match the actual sun. The Yahoo datasource is a better approximation for me: 6:31 and 20:51.

It looks like the Google weather report is off by roughly 2 hours, which makes sense, because my location is set to Rotterdam (UTC+2).

Steps to reproduce:
[1] Set the weather data source to Google
[2] Check the sunset and sunrise time.
[3] Wait until either time found in step [2]
[4] Look outside, and verify whether the horizon intersects the sun.

Expected result:
* Sun and horizon intersect

Actual result:
* Sun is not yet visible at indicated sunrise
* Sun is several degrees above the horizon at indicated sunset

Proposed solutions:
* Temporarilly change rotational speed of the earth so synchronize sunrise and sunset with _my_ location.
* Apply UTC offset calculation to Google's results

Affected version:
Weather Indicator 11.04.10 'Cloudy'

[Ondergetekende (kvdveer)]

I've done some tracing, and I've determined that the actual problem is with earthtools; it doesn't correcly figure out my timezone:

http://www.earthtools.org/sun/51922500/4479167/22/4/0/1 and
http://www.earthtools.org/sun/51922500/4479167/22/4/99/1 yield the same results, even though Rotterdam uses UTC+2 in summertime.

I suggest using 0 for dst offset, interpreting the time as UTC, and converting it to local time. If I have time available I'll try to concoct a patch later today.

[Kurt (kurt-forrester-fec)]

I am experiencing a similar problem.
Ubuntu 11.04 64 bit using google as the data source.
Attachment shows the google sunset figure is searched directly with google and the corresponding value through the applet.