sunset rendering as 27:11

[leez]

hi, I have the Sensor Watch Lite (red board, Nov 2023), and I'm sure I've entered the latitude and longitude correctly, with + for the N and - for the W, yet it outputs craziness: 13:00 for sunrise and... 27:11 for sunset. I wouldn't mind living in this world but in California we only have 24-hour days :)

Is this a known issue that perhaps wants a firmware update? I haven't been able to find any posts on it. I swear I entered them right.

[joeycastillo]

Can you double check your time zone in the Time Setting mode? This commonly happens when your lat/lon is correct but the time zone is still UTC: it’s showing you California’s sunset, in London’s time zone.

We’re making this more obvious in the upcoming Movement update by improving the time zone settings UI.

[leez]

that is totally it! I didn't have that set at all. Thank you.

however now I'm seem unable to set my time zone correctly. I think I have clock2 based on the configurable numbers for UTC offset, below the two letters. I'm in PDT, but entering PD with a -7:00 offset displays 12:19 when it's actually 19:19. I also attempted PST because I know we're weird with the daylight savings, but wasn't able to find an S after entering the P.

any advice appreciated. I was following https://www.sensorwatch.net/docs/watchfaces/clock/#world-clock-2

update: I tried PD with 0:00 offset and I do get the correct time! But still seeing weird sunset time, now 27:12. The sunset time seems to stick to that regardless of what I set the clock2 time zone to.

[joeycastillo]

It’s not the clock2 time zone but the system time zone that you need to set. in the current version of Movement that’s set in the same screen as the screen where you set the time and date. The world clock face lets you choose any two letters and any offset, but it only affects that screen, not the system time zone.

In short, set system time zone to -7, the system time to local time and the lat/lon to California and you should be good on all screens, including the standard clock.

[leez]

worked like a charm, thank you so much. I didn't even realize that setting was there.

your tip prompted me to actually read the time set documentation and see the bit the about exactly this, while I'd originally only been looking at the sunrise/sunset documentation, so it might be helpful for others to have that bit there too.

anyway thanks for the speedy responses and all you do, loving this project, and closing this ticket! \o/