Wireshark-dev: [Wireshark-dev] Re: Time and time scales in Wireshark

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From: Martin Mayer <martin.mayer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 07:27:27 +0000
If we implement IERS data handling, how'd you implement the constantly changing data?

I can imagine having a user preference to enable/disable UT1 calculations based on IERS data.
If UT1 calculations are disabled, a displayed time can be suffixed with [UT1 disabled - currently displayed as UTC].
If enabled but IERS data file is not present or does not contain data for a currently displayed time, there could be a suffix like [Earth orientation data not available - currently displayed as UTC - goto/click xyz to download].

Martin