Hi Berthold.
On 24/01/2026 22:18, Berthold Stoeger wrote:
Ok. How do you imagine this being set, and what do you think it should be
used for?
Also, should this offset be in minutes, or do we need seconds?
For example my old dive computer reported this value. Otherwise I would say
it's a UI issue. One could default to local time offset or to "unknown". Also,
the user should be able to edit this value, obviously.
The user being able to edit the value is an interesting one - while this
is definitely a good thing for the timezone offset stored for a dive, I
also think there is value in retaining the information provided by the
dive computer as much as possible, to give the user a way to go back to
what was originally reported, even after they have edited and
potentially merged dives.
If we have an offset to UTC, then of course we should use that directly. I was
thinking about extended "this country with active DST" kind of information
that should go into extra_data.
From looking at the Garmin backend, and having a quick glance at the 4
or 5 other backends that support a timezone offset, they all seem to be
providing 'seconds offset from UTC' only, and no more detailed timezone
information.
Ngā mihi
Michael Keller
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