Mini 0806 DateTime deviate

[Akhor]

I'm experiencing a big problem with DateTime on my Mini 0806.
I did set correct current DateTime, but after 40 minutes driving it deviate for several hours.
Therefore the DateTime Stamp on my recordings is wrong and all information camera recorded become useless from legal prospective.

Any advice?

 

[Prog]

It sounds like the camera is syncing with the GPS satellites but the time zone isn't set correctly.

 

[jokiin]

set the time zone (first field to the left of the time)

 

[Akhor]

It sounds like the camera is syncing with the GPS satellites but the time zone isn't set correctly.

I did set correct time zone :
010 Mountain Standard Time (GMT-07:00) Mountain Time (US and Canada)
. I'm located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

 

[jokiin]

how much is the time out by?

 

[Akhor]

16 hours after 40 minutes driving I have tomorrow's date now
Is it some kind of time machine? :-(

 

[jokiin]

sure you're not on +7 rather than -7 it's a common error as the display is very small and hard to read

 

[Akhor]

I did set time zone 10, which is, I believe,
Mountain Time Zone: -7

 

[jokiin]

time zone 10 would be +10

time zone -7 will be labeled -7

 

[Akhor]

Now I'm confused - should I put Time Zone Number (10)or Time Zone Shift (-7) into that field in settings? Sorry, I don't have my camera on front of me now and cannot check if there's an option for +- 7

 

[jokiin]

just scroll through the numbers down to -7

 

[Akhor]

just scroll through the numbers down to -7

Thanks! I'll test it today evening and post results.

 

[Rajagra]

Stay under 88mph.

 

[Akhor]

Thanks to everybody! setting GMT Time offset did the trick. For my case (Calgary, Alberta) it was -6 because of Daylight Saving Time for Alberta :
http://www.timetemperature.com/canada/gmt_canada.shtml.

I have just one suggestion for manufactures
Please, make changes in the User's Guide and write "Time Zone GMT Offset" instead of "Time Zone" to avoid user confusion.

 

[jokiin]

I have just one suggestion for manufactures
Please, make changes in the User's Guide and write "Time Zone GMT Offset" instead of "Time Zone" to avoid user confusion.

maybe that's a local thing, to me time zone and time zone GMT offset mean exactly the same thing

 

[Akhor]

maybe that's a local thing, to me time zone and time zone GMT offset mean exactly the same thing

Sorry, but I used to work with Time Zone Numbers/Indexes and it was the reason for my confusion:
http://unattended.sourceforge.net/timezones.php

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms912391(v=winembedded.11).aspx

 

[jokiin]

Sorry, but I used to work with Time Zone Numbers/Indexes and it was the reason for my confusion:
http://unattended.sourceforge.net/timezones.php

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms912391(v=winembedded.11).aspx

I guess this quote from the page you linked explains why I've never heard of it

The value of this parameter is an "index" which does not correspond to anything else on earth, as far as I can tell.

to the rest of us time zone and time zone GST offset is the same thing, at least now I understand why you were confused

 

[Akhor]

It used to be a dark secret, but now Microsoft unveiled it
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms912391(v=winembedded.11).aspx

 

[jokiin]

I guess they have some reason for doing this this way

 

[Akhor]

jokiin, thank you again for helping me with this issue!