I am trying to recreate a flight that took place 5/28/2016 from OMDB to EPWA. This flight took off, according to flightaware, at 8:23AM GST (4:23AM UTC). I set up ASN (as administrator of course, with antivirus/firewall OFF) to simulate the weather on the same date at 0340 UTC (to allow time for boarding and setting up). I leave the "force historical time to sim time" box UNCHECKED. I proceed to launch P3D and set up the scenario. I enter 5/28/2016, I check the GMT box under the time, and I enter the time 03:40:00. When I launch the plane, the on board clock displays 19:40. I tried doing this several times.

 

If this helps:

1) My system time is in the 24 hour format. I tried to reset the default sim time to SYSTEM TIME, and then enter my parameters. No avaiil

2) I tried checking the "force sim time to historical time" in ASN, didn't help either.

3) In the operations center, the setting for the clock for the Emirates 777-300ER is ANALOG.

 

So my question is, perhaps very trivial:

What can I be possibly doing wrong when I request that the simulation be launched at the time I specify on the startup screen?

Is this perhaps an issue to be addressed on the P3D forum?

 

Thank you

In FSX you should make sure your default flight is in the same time zone as your PC. This avoids any local time v UTC issues. I don't know if this also happens in P3D but it might be worth checking.

 

 

What can I be possibly doing wrong when I request that the simulation be launched at the time I specify on the startup screen?
Is this perhaps an issue to be addressed on the P3D forum?

 

There are occasional complaints in the LM forum regarding time zones and UTC.  The setup screen has two problems, one as noted by Kevin it presumes you're setting up a flight in your local time zone.  The other is that the date is tied to local time and not UTC, which can really trip you up if you are not aware of it.

 

Workaround is easy:  Set up the scenario and ignore the time.  Once the scenerio is loaded, then set the date and time from the menu.  I always force ASN to follow P3D time, and this provides a way to confirm you have the right date/time set.