Re: F-22 Raptor software problem

[Simon Wright <simon.j.wright@mac.com>]

"peter koch" <peter.koch.larsen@gmail.com> writes:
> On Feb 28, 8:44 am, Keith Thompson <k...@mib.org> wrote:

>> I'm only guessing, but I doubt that the error was caused by using
>> local time.  My suspicion is that the error occurred not when
>> crossing the International Date Line (which is crooked, as you can
>> see on a map), but when crossing the 180th meridian, when the
>> longitude jumped from 179.909 to -179.990.

> Yes - that makes far more sense. I had a very difficult time (!)
> believe that the problem had anything to do with timezones.

I could believe it if there were requirements to do something say
every quarter-hour on the quarter-hour in local time. What seems hard
to imagine in a military aircraft is the 'local time' part!