I am using Basecamp Mac version and I would like to change the time displayed on the track info from UTC to local time. My laptop has local time displayed but my desktop has UTC. I have not been able to find how to change this.
You say your Time Column display is 1/22/13 4:26:27 PM (UTC)
That implies that someone has customized your time display in SYSTEM:Preferences:Language & Text:Region:Time:Customize by adding the Timezone Display Tag to the Medium time display option. I think that BaseCamp uses the "medium time display option" to format the time in the Time Column.
Please attach one of your tracks to a post here. I'd like to download it and look at it on my system to see if it does the same thing as it does on yours.
Please attach one of your tracks to a post here. I'd like to download it and look at it on my system to see if it does the same thing as it does on yours.
Here is a track
Terminal gives the proper response.
[Jim-Daniels-Computer:~] jimdaniel% date
Sat Jan 26 14:10:56 MST 2013
[Jim-Daniels-Computer:~] jimdaniel% date -u
Sat Jan 26 21:11:05 UTC 2013
Adding the MST does not Help Result is 1/24/13 7:02:27 PMMST (UTC). The MST is meaningless since the time is offset by 7 hours from MST this is UTC.
I still believe this a problem of Basecamp not the system since another program of mine "Ascent" I use for bicycling displays local time correctly.
By the way Jack thanks for all your attempts at this.
Here is a track ...Adding the MST does not Help Result is 1/24/13 7:02:27 PMMST (UTC). The MST is meaningless since the time is offset by 7 hours from MST this is UTC.
I still believe this a problem of Basecamp not the system since another program of mine "Ascent" I use for bicycling displays local time correctly....
Your track seems to work as designed on my system. Looking at the track in TextWrangler the first TrackPoint time is in Zulu (a/k/a UTC). Looking at the same point in BaseCamp 4.1.0 on my machine it shows up as it should, e.g., corrected to EST.
Now I agree that the problem is in BaseCamp. When you added the MST tag to your MediumTimeDisplay in System Preferences it showed up in your BaseCamp track log display. That tells me the system is NOT changing the time. Also the "(UTC)" notation stayed in the BaseCamp track display. That is coming from BaseCamp not the SYSTEM; the SYSTEM would not put it in parens.
SO, what to do? Here are a few wild *ss guesses:
1. After backing up from BaseCamp try using the "Reset Factory Defaults" button on the Preferences General page. 2. Try running Disk Utility to repair your disk preferences. 3. You might also try clearing the BaseCamp cache (sorry I don't remember where it is right now) 4. Uninstall BaseCamp and reinstall ver 4.1.0 with a fresh download. 5. Hope one of the Garmin Mac BaseCamp team members notices all this.... :)
The problem has been solved with the help of product support.
If the UTC time is off and your time is correct on the Mac, the time zone is probably set incorrectly. If you get the correct UTC time, I would recommend uninstalling and reinstalling BaseCamp. To uninstall Basecamp, please follow the instructions in the article below: How do I uninstall Garmin BaseCamp?
Answer:
Garmin BaseCamp can be uninstalled using the same steps you would use to remove most programs from a Windows PC or Mac.
To uninstall from Windows:
Click Start Click Control Panel Click Add & Remove Programs (Windows Vista/7: Programs and Features) Click on Garmin BaseCamp Click on Remove or Uninstall
To remove BaseCamp from the Mac:
Open Macintosh HD Click the Applications folder Click and drag Garmin BaseCamp.app to the Trash Click the Go menu at the top of the Mac Click Home Click the Library folder1 Click the Preferences folder Click and drag "com.garmin.BaseCamp.plist" to the Trash Navigate back to the Library folder Click the Application Support folder Click the Garmin folder Click and drag the BaseCamp folder to the Trash Empty the Trash
Garmin BaseCamp should now be removed from the computer.
1Note: The Library folder is hidden in Mac OS 10.7 and newer. To access the Library folder:
Click the Go menu at the top of the Mac Click Go to Folder Enter Library Click Go
Once BaseCamp is uninstalled, you can download it again from here: www.garmin.com/Basecamp Let me know if you are still having trouble.
