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is there a code/function to have the controller fetch the time from the internet? I just notice mine controller is an hour ahead, it did not change back in November.

It does not have any daylight savings time or anything. You can change it quickly from phone or portal. Ntp code can be used but it takes a lot of space and don't know many using it. Plus i think it can only query the portal...

Roberto,

Maybe you can throw an aspx on the portal that we can get and write a function to set the time on the RA with an offset for timezone...?

I won't work.
Every country has their own rules for DT savings.

So make it return GMT and we can add our own rule for switching DST...or maybe theres an api for timeanddate.com ?

http://www.timeanddate.com/services/api/

Not sure what they charge for an account, but we could write it in a way to avoid querying more than once a day so wouldnt be much traffic.. Either way dont think we'd need the high volume..

This would also give us the option to integrate accurate sunrise/sunset, moonrise/moonset times...

Ok that have small pkgs from $40 a year to $400 for everything...thats for timezone...for astronomy it goes from $50 to $300. It all depends on how many cities to support. I would pay a per month fee to get that support added to my portal options

If you have to create your own rules, why not have it directly adjust the clock instead of pulling from the server?
In USA, it is this:
begins at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday of March and
ends at 2:00 a.m. on the first Sunday of November
So, you we can just check for the day of the year and set the clock 1 hour ahead and back when it's over.

Good point...but cool to get the astronomic data too