DST/Clock did not change...

[AzNMpower32]

It seems a bit useless to have auto DST changes. Not all states in the US follow DST.

[alexmish]

Useless to have it ??? I dont agree with that. The DST & timezone "map" is location-sensitive, and is aware which state do/do not participate. DST is even present in Europe (at least in UK, can not speak for the rest of the Europe).

In any case, my $20 cell phone changed its time yesterday automagically (as it got a signal from Verizon), it beats me as to why BMW did not introduce it, especially the one with the Navigation system, which gives it precise location and time signal from the satellites.

[motordavid]

Our new Garmin, which works well, kept showing that every destination was
an hour longer than we would expect...the sumbitch was set for CST and we
are in EST/EDT, ...not very intuitive to change it, either.
But, even I could manage that...

My point was/is, that it would be "nice" if your X's dashboard clock changed
for you, but the manual adjustment takes all of 5 seconds.

Give me a few less gizmos, keep the price to something that doesn't cost
more than my first 2 houses combined, and keep the engineering cooking, imo.

Originally Posted by alexmish

Useless to have it ??? I dont agree with that. The DST & timezone "map" is location-sensitive, and is aware which state do/do not participate. DST is even present in Europe (at least in UK, can not speak for the rest of the Europe).

In any case, my $20 cell phone changed its time yesterday automagically (as it got a signal from Verizon), it beats me as to why BMW did not introduce it, especially the one with the Navigation system, which gives it precise location and time signal from the satellites.

[Quicksilver]

Once again the voice of reason stands out...........and

Originally Posted by motordavid

My point was/is, that it would be "nice" if your X's dashboard clock changed for you, but the manual adjustment takes all of 5 seconds.

Give me a few less gizmos, keep the price to something that doesn't cost
more than my first 2 houses combined, and keep the engineering cooking, imo.

[rh71]

^ My XV6800 Verizon phone changed yesterday morning but this morning (1 day after) it was showing one hour before again as if the clock never changed. Weird stuff. Changed that manually and the X as well. I'm glad all this is just software-related though... we still have a chance at these kinds of fixes in the future.

[jimsaq]

that post wasn't 'the voice of reason' which implies it's the only valid perspective - it was just one possible valid perspective


my equally valid perspective is that it'd be a great feature and with due care from programmers, one that wouldn't impact on any part of the vehicle's reliability

[Quicksilver]

In the words of my brother......No arm wrestle here..... however

I believe the idea here is that it only takes 5 seconds to complete the process. Which is less time than most people spend arguing about a feature they don't have.

The reasonable conclusion?? Just set the clock and move on. Arguing aint going to change a thing especially the time.

Regards

[cbax5]

Originally Posted by Quicksilver

In the words of my brother......No arm wrestle here.....

I like this! I'm going to steal it and try and give your brother credit when I can....

[jimsaq]

it's 'a conclusion', not necessarily 'the reasonable conclusion'

if arguing isn't going to change anything, why did you reply?

[Quicksilver]

Nobody's arguing. Just pointing out a fact.
If it aint reasonable to you then fine.
Let it rest matters not to me.