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FS9 Time Display

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hawkeye52

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In FS9 Spot View, is there a way to display UTC or Local Time (or both)?
This would be a big help for verifying AI flight plans when "sitting at the airport".

- H52
 
All I can think of would be to build a popup panel window with a clock gauge. With that, you could be in Spot view and just pull up that popup to see the time.
 
Tom & Wing Z, thanks for the advice. I tried the SDK but could not get what I wanted. Took Tom's advice and created a pop-up window using the Lear 45's digital chronometer. It was surprisingly easy to do. But the gauge displays "system time" -- the time to which my PC is set. When I go into FS9's Settings and switch to "Flight Time", I'm still displaying "system time".

How to I display UTC (Zulu time) without changing my PC's time???

- H52
 
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hawkeye52 said:
Tom & Wing Z, thanks for the advice. I tried the SDK but could not get what I wanted. Took Tom's advice and created a pop-up window using the Lear 45's digital chronometer. It was surprisingly easy to do. But the gauge displays "system time" -- the time to which my PC is set. When I go into FS9's Settings and switch to "Flight Time", I'm still displaying "system time".

How to I display UTC (Zulu time) without changing my PC's time???

- H52
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If you're seeing your local system time, you're probably flying in your home time sone. When you cross a time zone line, that particular gauge should automatically switch to the new zone. So at this point, it's down to finding a gauge that will display Zulu instead. I seem to remember seeing one in an addon, but I can't remember which one.
 
Check config setting too... Options > Settings > General

There is a Time "radio button" that selects between "System time" and "Flight time"

Like Tom I also seem to recall several freeware aircraft with Zulu displays available on clocks/chronos. I'm thinking maybe the Howard 500, Beaumont-Bitzer DC-3 panel -- maybe some Cal Classic propliner panels, probably some others too.

:wavey:
 
Thanks to all who took an interest and the time to reply. However....


DogKnot gets the cigar!!! :ernae:

- H52
 
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