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Can we please have the option to show times as local time rather than UTC within the Log Summary.

I already have Time set to "Local (this machine)" under Setup > Change Units on the iPad but this isn't being used in the logs.

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Tim Dawson
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Do you mean local time on the device you're using to view the log? Or local time as it was at your point of departure? Or at your point of landing?

I think we purposefully didn't attempt to show log times in "local" because it wasn't at all clear what people would assume "local" meant for logs.

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In my opinion, the best time to take is the UTC time. So no confusions evrywhere you fly.
This is only my opinion, and nobody is obliged to share it :-))

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Log times under Recent flights are using local time but Log Summary are not, so there’s a bit of inconsistency.
Tim Dawson
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You're right, we should only be using Z time there. We'll get that fixed, thanks.
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But why give us the option to choose Local (this machine) in settings and ignore it?
Edited 5/14/2019 10:55:52 AM by plume_tray
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As shown above, local device time is not really helpful when dealing with logs from other timezones or even spanning timezones.
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Legally all (written) logs have to be in UTC, although this appears to be widely ignored in the UK.
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That's interesting, I never knew that.
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Tim Dawson - 5/17/2019 1:59:51 PM
That's interesting, I never knew that.

[my bold]

AMC1 FCL.050 General (i)(2) 

(i)  Notes on recording of flight time: 
(1) column 1: enter the date (dd/mm/yy) on which the flight commences; 
(2) column 2 or 3: enter the place of departure and destination either in full or the internationally recognised three or four letter designator. All times should be in UTC; 

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