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DST on R5

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Victor Engel Forum Pro • Posts: 20,968
Re: DST on R5
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PDE94301 wrote:

chipman wrote:

https://support.usa.canon.com/kb/index?page=content&id=ART178153

Thanks. I think this confirms my suspicion that it won't change automatically, e.g.,

4. Set daylight saving time.

- Set it as necessary.

It's not a big deal, but it's a minor hassle to remember to adjust the camera time every few months, given you've already entered your time zone. Seems like it would be a very easy firmware improvement to make it automatic based on known DST conventions.

I always keep my cameras on standard time. Even works for when I use GPS because I use Houdageo for GPS tagging of my photos, and I always shoot a picture of the time on my phone as the last picture of a shoot, which allows Houdageo to apply the appropriate offset to all photos.

This saves aggravation especially if the photoshoot timespan includes the time of the timezone change. That can cause a real headache, especially if your import process includes a name change to the files based upon time. Images could be out of order and/or have duplicate names.

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