Ross Carlson Posted April 2, 2009 at 01:49 PM Posted April 2, 2009 at 01:49 PM Hello all, I've received a couple reports from users in the UK (via the VAT-Spy forum) that VAT-Spy is complaining about the VATSIM data being an hour old, even though their time settings are correct. Is anyone else in the UK seeing this error every time the data are loaded? Developer: vPilot, VRC, vSTARS, vERAM, VAT-Spy Senior Controller, Boston Virtual ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Byrne Posted April 2, 2009 at 02:25 PM Posted April 2, 2009 at 02:25 PM Howdy, I had this happen a few days ago, but seems fine now. We had DST take effect over here last weekend. Could it be something to do with that? Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Carlson Posted April 2, 2009 at 02:44 PM Author Posted April 2, 2009 at 02:44 PM I [Mod - Happy Thoughts]ume it's got something to do with DST, but as long as the system clock is set right, and the VATSIM data server clock is set right, there should be no issues. I'm reasonably certain it's not the data server's clock, since I would think that would cause this error for just about everyone, and the timestamp in the data file looks correct. Developer: vPilot, VRC, vSTARS, vERAM, VAT-Spy Senior Controller, Boston Virtual ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Tutty Posted April 2, 2009 at 03:59 PM Posted April 2, 2009 at 03:59 PM Ross, I was the one who posted across on the VATSpy forum. I've double-checked my system clock since then and it is correct just FYI. I'll reinstall VATspy and see if the issue reoccurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Carlson Posted April 2, 2009 at 04:02 PM Author Posted April 2, 2009 at 04:02 PM Paul, if you have the ability, and you haven't already, check the BIOS clock to see if it differs from the Windows operating system clock. Developer: vPilot, VRC, vSTARS, vERAM, VAT-Spy Senior Controller, Boston Virtual ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Byrne Posted April 2, 2009 at 11:40 PM Posted April 2, 2009 at 11:40 PM Hi Ross, My BIOS clock is in sync with my windows clock. Interesting error tonight when I first loaded up, got a "no time stamp" error from one of the servers (can't remember which one exactly). Next load was fine. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Byrne Posted April 2, 2009 at 11:43 PM Posted April 2, 2009 at 11:43 PM ...and now everything is showing as 7 mins old. Not too bad so far. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Carlson Posted April 2, 2009 at 11:52 PM Author Posted April 2, 2009 at 11:52 PM My last reply was directed at the other Paul, but thanks for the info. The no timestamp error is interesting ... I wonder if the data file was empty for a short period of time. That's not supposed to happen, but maybe it did. Developer: vPilot, VRC, vSTARS, vERAM, VAT-Spy Senior Controller, Boston Virtual ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Tutty Posted April 3, 2009 at 09:35 AM Posted April 3, 2009 at 09:35 AM Sorry, I had to log-off last night before I could reply. My BIOS clock was and is indeed correctly set as British summertime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Tutty Posted April 5, 2009 at 07:09 PM Posted April 5, 2009 at 07:09 PM Just as an update, it seems to want to get data that is GMT, whereas we are at GMT+1 in England now with DST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Pike Posted April 5, 2009 at 11:25 PM Posted April 5, 2009 at 11:25 PM Euroscope is also reporting VATSIM data more than 20 mins old sometimes when fetching http://vatsim.metacraft.com/vatsim-data.txt. Is this the same problem perhaps? Mike Pike VATSIM-UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raffael WALTHER Posted April 7, 2009 at 08:06 PM Posted April 7, 2009 at 08:06 PM Hello I've seen that sometime (actually quite often!) a lot data is missing in the data file. Such files maybe also cause an out-of-date-error in VatSpy and/or ES? [Data File Removed - ME] Best regards Raffael Walther vACC Switzerland [email protected] [email protected] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Evans Posted April 8, 2009 at 05:52 PM Posted April 8, 2009 at 05:52 PM The corrupt data file won't cause an out of date directly by itself, but there is work being done on the data server to beef up the stability, so you may see some odd things in the next couple of days. Mike Evans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Tutty Posted April 9, 2009 at 12:06 PM Posted April 9, 2009 at 12:06 PM I have to close my claim down and make myself look a fool in public, but my atomic clock updated me to the exactly correct time after DST kicked in, just a month in the future....for some reason, therefore the data was being seen as out-of-date. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Carlson Posted April 9, 2009 at 01:25 PM Author Posted April 9, 2009 at 01:25 PM Thanks ... glad it was something easy. Developer: vPilot, VRC, vSTARS, vERAM, VAT-Spy Senior Controller, Boston Virtual ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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