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chaley · 07-03-2010, 05:19 AM

Thanks for the files. The problem is clear. The solution is not.

The Sony SW is adjusting the modification time of the file back 8 hours, which is consistent with an adjustment from AKDT to GMT. My problem is that I have no idea how the Sony knows what zone it is in, so I can't compensate for the adjustment. My experiments with my 300 indicate that it does not know the timezone. Timezone information is not stored in the times of the files (FAT and FAT32 file systems do not store timezone). It seems that your 505 does know where it is. The question is "how?"

Some questions:

1) When you set the clock on your 505, do you tell it what timezone you are in?

2) Does the same problem (slow after unplug) happen if you send to main memory? Or is it a problem only on the card?

3) Do you use Sony's Reader SW? It could be that it 'secretly' provides timezone information to the 505. I strongly suspect that this is the channel by which the 505 knows.

4) If you look at the books on your reader with a file explorer, do you see times mostly in the afternoon & evening, or mostly in the early AM? One specific file to check is 'Ontogenesis/Desynchronization - Ontogenesis.lrf'. Do you see either of the dates "Mon, 05 Apr 2010 03:39:32 GMT" or "Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:39:32 GMT"?

07-03-2010, 05:19 AM	#6
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,452 Karma: 8012886 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	Thanks for the files. The problem is clear. The solution is not. The Sony SW is adjusting the modification time of the file back 8 hours, which is consistent with an adjustment from AKDT to GMT. My problem is that I have no idea how the Sony knows what zone it is in, so I can't compensate for the adjustment. My experiments with my 300 indicate that it does not know the timezone. Timezone information is not stored in the times of the files (FAT and FAT32 file systems do not store timezone). It seems that your 505 does know where it is. The question is "how?" Some questions: 1) When you set the clock on your 505, do you tell it what timezone you are in? 2) Does the same problem (slow after unplug) happen if you send to main memory? Or is it a problem only on the card? 3) Do you use Sony's Reader SW? It could be that it 'secretly' provides timezone information to the 505. I strongly suspect that this is the channel by which the 505 knows. 4) If you look at the books on your reader with a file explorer, do you see times mostly in the afternoon & evening, or mostly in the early AM? One specific file to check is 'Ontogenesis/Desynchronization - Ontogenesis.lrf'. Do you see either of the dates "Mon, 05 Apr 2010 03:39:32 GMT" or "Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:39:32 GMT"?