FlightGear - Flight Simulator / Tickets / #2514 Local time disappearing for aircraft not using C++ clock instrument

summary: Local time not working with --launcher --> Local time disappearing for some aircraft
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 Splitting out this issue from  https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/codetickets/2499/ because they are not related.

-Local time does not show up with launcher:
+Local time does not show up with MiG-15bis or Tu-144D:
 https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/codetickets/_discuss/thread/c6e45671ef/2fa4/attachment/210110-125105.jpg

-But is working with command line:
+But is working with UFO and c172p:
 https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/codetickets/_discuss/thread/c6e45671ef/215c/attachment/210110-125544.jpg

-This does not seem to depend on locale.
+It turned out that this does not depend on locale or launcher.

Anonymous - 2021-01-12

I found the cause: time dialog uses generic clock instrument /instrumentation/clock/local-short-string

The fix would be to use some property that does not use aircraft-dependent code and not rely on instruments.

Last edit: Anonymous 2021-01-12

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legoboyvdlp - 2021-01-12

+1 it should use /sim/time, as aircraft can override the instrumentation section to disable the clock.

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- Anonymous - 2021-01-12
  
  The problem is that there is only /sim/time/gmt-string but no /sim/time/local-string
  
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Anonymous - 2021-01-12

summary: Local time disappearing for some aircraft --> Local time disappearing for aircraft not using C++ clock instrument
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James Turner - 2021-01-13

I don't think I've fully understood what is going on here: the time arguments the launcher sets are:
--start-date-gmt (if the 'gmt' box is ticked)
--start-date-sys (if it's not ticked)

So I'd recommend to test without the launcher, passing those arguments, and see if you get the same bug? But, I could also use someone explaining a bit more what's going on :D

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James Turner - 2021-01-13

Ah wait, I read a bit more: this is no longer about the launcher at all ... ok.

So, we need something similar to the generic clock instrument, but independant of it, for the time dialog to rely on : is that correct?

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James Turner - 2021-01-13

Adding a /sim/time/local-string should be easy, will take a look :)

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James Turner - 2021-01-15

status: New --> Started

assigned_to: James Turner
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James Turner - 2021-01-15

Working on this now.

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James Turner - 2021-01-15

Fixed on 2020.3, will be included in 2020.3.6, and will also merge to next of course.

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Anonymous - 2021-01-15

Thank you, it works here!

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Anonymous - 2021-08-18

status: Started --> Fixed
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