V6.6.7.3 Updates

- Support querying and setting time and date through ASCOM

Author: ClutchplateDude

ASCOM.Driver/OpenAstroTracker/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 //      Build Number
 //      Revision
 //
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("6.6.7.2")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("6.6.7.2")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("6.6.7.3")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("6.6.7.3")]
 
 [assembly: ComVisibleAttribute(false)]

ASCOM.Driver/OpenAstroTracker/README.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 |                                                                          |
-|   OpenAstroTracker ASCOM Driver V6.6.7.2 Release                         |
-|   Published: 20. April 2025                                              |
+|   OpenAstroTracker ASCOM Driver V6.6.7.3 Pre-Release                         |
+|   Published: 23. June 2025                                              |
 |                                                                          |
 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ Support
 
 Testing
 -------
+ * 6.6.7.3 Not tested.
+
  * 6.6.7.2 Conformance Test (2025-Apr-20) 
     - Telescope: All tests passed, no errors, no warnings, 18 issues (all expected). 
 
@@ -73,6 +75,15 @@ So... keep your towel handy and supervise operations.
 
 Release History
 ---------------
+ - 6.6.7.3 : Pre-Released 2025-06-23
+   Added support for ASCOM driver to get and set time and date from and to mount.
+ 
+ - 6.6.7.2 : Pre-Released 2025-04-20
+ - FindHome and AtHome implemented.
+ - Fixed a bug that caused errors when syncing location.
+ - Propagated location changes to the mount if connected.
+ - Fix user-input number parsing issues for non-US locales. 
+
  - 6.6.7.1 : Pre-Released 2025-02-28
    Fixed a bug that caused errors when syncing location.
    Propagated location changes to the mount if connected.

ASCOM.Driver/TelescopeDriver/Driver.cs

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 using System.Windows.Forms;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using static ASCOM.OpenAstroTracker.SharedResources;
+using System.Globalization;
 
 namespace ASCOM.OpenAstroTracker
 {
@@ -1268,14 +1269,29 @@ public ITrackingRates TrackingRates
 
 		public DateTime UTCDate
 		{
-			// ToDo - Can we handle this without bothering the mount?
 			get
 			{
-				DateTime utcDate = DateTime.UtcNow;
+				string localDate = CommandString(":GC#,#"); // mm/dd/yy
+				string localTime= CommandString(":GL#,#"); // HH:MM:SS in 24h format
+				DateTime now = DateTime.ParseExact(localDate + " " + localTime, "MM/dd/yy HH:mm:ss", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+				DateTime utcDate = now.ToUniversalTime();
 				LogMessage(LoggingFlags.Scope, $"UTCDate Get => {utcDate}");
 				return utcDate;
 			}
-			set { throw new ASCOM.PropertyNotImplementedException("UTCDate", true); }
+			set
+			{
+				CultureInfo _oatCulture = new CultureInfo("en-US");
+				var utcNow = value;
+				var now = value.ToLocalTime();
+				
+				LogMessage(LoggingFlags.Scope,$"DateTime Set => {utcNow}UTC, {now}Local");
+				CommandString(string.Format(_oatCulture, ":SL{0,2:00}:{1,2:00}:{2,2:00}#,n", now.Hour, now.Minute, now.Second));
+				CommandString(string.Format(_oatCulture, ":SC{0,2:00}/{1,2:00}/{2,2:00}#,##", now.Month, now.Day, now.Year - 2000));
+
+				var utcOffset = Math.Round((now - utcNow).TotalHours);
+				char sign = (utcOffset < 0) ? '+' : '-';
+				CommandString(string.Format(_oatCulture, ":SG{0}{1,2:00}#,n", sign, Math.Abs(utcOffset)));
+			}
 		}
 
 		public void Unpark()

ASCOM.Driver/TelescopeDriver/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs

@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@
 // by using the '*' as shown below:
 //
 // TODO - Set your driver's version here
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("6.6.7.2")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("6.6.7.2")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("6.6.7.3")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("6.6.7.3")]