That bit I understand Tom. The bit that confuses me is, I thought that WeeWX stored the data using UTC.
On Friday, 28 October 2016 18:32:43 UTC+3, Tom Keffer wrote: > > > > On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 8:29 AM, Robin <robin....@otenet.gr <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> I have a Davis Vantage Pro 2. >> >> As pointed out in the link you posted, the issue is the time stamp. Last >> year I seem to recall an hours worth of errors as WeeWX tried to write >> records to a time stamp that already existed and therefore 'lost' the data. >> I like an easy life so was hoping that somebody had figured out a way to >> avoid this lost data. It might be insignificant, but if we get a major >> weather event at that time!!!! >> >> > If there is a way around this limitation, I haven't figured it out > without either adding a ton of complexity, or giving something else up. > > >> To be honest I still get a headache trying to understand the local >> time/UTC problem, but I am easily confused. >> >> > Pretty simple: when DST goes away, your logger will store two records > with identical time stamps and no way to tell them apart. > > This is because the logger stores records in *local* time. > > -tk > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
