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[IDV #YNY-540744]: Request to make the default Time Zone label UTC, not GMT. [1061]

> >
> > Thanks, Yuan.
> >
> > I think the user was requesting to change the default, because UTC is
> > considered more of a standard than GMT.  We'll look into what it will
> > take to change it here.   If it's as simple as changing the default in
> > the preferences, that'll be great!
> >
> > - Becky
> >
> 
> It is changed in the IDV source.
> 
> 
> Yuan
> >

Hi Becky,
    I changed back to the GMT since this change causing some other issue in the 
IDV. Don suggested that it would be better the McV to allow that as a property 
in its configuration than changing the default behavior that has been in place 
for 8 years. He thought that McV already includes a main.xml in its 
configuration, so you could add in the appropriate property there and no change 
would be needed on the IDV side.

> >
> > On 8/18/2011 11:58 AM, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Any idea how difficult this is to change?  Seems like the most accepted 
> > >> unit is UTC now, and no longer GMT.
> > >>
> > >>
> > > it is in the user preference: Formats&Data, you can select the time zone.
> > >
> > >
> > > Yuan
> > >> ----==== Inquiry ====----
> > >> 1061
> > >>
> > >> ----==== Summary ====----
> > >> Request to make the default Time Zone label UTC, not GMT.
> > >>
> > >> ----==== Request ====----
> > >> 2011-06-17 - Rick Kohrs
> > >> I suggest that McIDAS-V default to %u201CUTC%u201D labels for the times, 
> > >> rather than %u201CGMT%u201D.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>  From Wikipedia
> > >>
> > >> %u201CIn casual use, when fractions of a second are not important, 
> > >> Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) can be considered equivalent to UTC or UT1. 
> > >> Saying "GMT" often implies either UTC or UT1 when used within informal 
> > >> or casual contexts. In technical contexts, usage of "GMT" is avoided; 
> > >> the unambiguous terminology "UTC" or "UT1" is preferred.[6]%u201D
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> ################################################################################
> > >>
> > >> http://dcdbs.ssec.wisc.edu/inquiry-v/index.php?inquiry=1061
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > > Ticket Details
> > > ===================
> > > Ticket ID: YNY-540744
> > > Department: Support IDV
> > > Priority: Normal
> > > Status: Open
> > >
> >
> >
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: YNY-540744
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed