Software Bisque Knowledge Base Article – 1148

THESKY6'S LOCAL TIME IS TWO HOURS OFF FOR EUROPEAN TIME ZONES

ISSUE

I am located in France (or Spain), my local time zone is GMT+1, and TheSky6's time is two hours off.

RESOLUTION

TheSky6 uses a convention where Eastern longitudes have a positive time zone value between 1 and 12, and Western longitudes have a negative time zone between -1 and -12. TheSky6 determines the sign of the time zone using the East or West Longitude setting on the Location dialog box.

Some non-standard time zone locations do not follow this convention. An example of a non-standard time zone is one that is West of the Prime Meridian, but ahead of universal time (UT), as is the case in parts of France and Spain.

If you live in an area where the time zone does not follow convention, that is, your longitude is West of Greenwich, but the time zone is positive, then mark the Allow Non-Standard Time Zones option, and then enter a 1.0 for the Time Zone on the User-Defined tab of the Location dialog box. TheSky6 will now compute the correct local time.

See the section “Non Standard Time Zone Entry” in TheSky6 User's Manual or search TheSky6's Help for details about this option.

APPLIES TO

TheSky6, all Editions

KEYWORDS

SBKB, incorrect time 

Last Reviewed: 11/24/2004