On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 11:08 PM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

 Anyway, what this all builds up to is that I'd actually like to just
 set the time automatically when I connect the dive computer to my
 laptop (or my cellphone, for that matter - usually those end up being
 synchronized to the local time quite nicely).

I do like the idea, but I am hesitant about syncing the time with
laptop automatically. That is because it usually takes a few days for
me to update my timezone. Even with the manual time sync, it has
happened to me once that I synced wrong time to my DC. Also with my
tablet, there is no automatic timezone changes so the mobile version
might also be missing the correct time.

 But I suspect people will hate that patch because it does that time
 sync thing *unconditionally*. It would be good to have a check-box and
 some way to actually set the "sync time" flag. But for that to happen,
 we'd need not just the UI side, we'd need to have the libdivecomputer
 interface too.

I am thinking about a nagging popup in case we have not been diving in
more than a day to remind to set the timezone correctly on computer
before syncing the time (if enabled). Or something less annoying for
the incompetent people who cannot keep their timezones :D Maybe just a
checkbox on the download dialog to enable this feature per DC
connection - maybe even remember the setting until no-fly clears.

miika