UTC Time settings

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ingoiot
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UTC Time settings

#1 Post by ingoiot » 02 Jul 2020, 02:14

hi,

it seems like the UTC+- setting is only activated when DST is active.
Thats a bit confusing especially when I dont want to use DST. Maybe its better placed under "Location Settings".

Maybe its already out of date due to the release of the new GUI? :)

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Re: UTC Time settings

#2 Post by TD-er » 02 Jul 2020, 09:05

Hmm I think you're making a very good point here.
The timezone should not have to do with DST.

And no this has nothing to do with the UI part, but more how the time is computed.

Can you make an issue for it on GitHub?

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Re: UTC Time settings

#3 Post by ingoiot » 02 Jul 2020, 20:16

done,
(hopefully at the right place)

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Re: UTC Time settings

#4 Post by viewcart » 22 Jul 2020, 17:23

My clocks use the ESP's built-in NTP service, plus the TimeZone library to map to an appropriate local time. It pretty much Just Works if you follow the various examples.

Keeping the ESP clock in UTC time and mapping to local time is the easiest way to solve the whole DST problem (and it's the same way Real Computers handle time).

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