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Basic concepts

Date formats​

The date format can be selected from the User settings. The following formats are available:

1 feb 1970

feb 1 1970

1/2/1970

2/1/1970

01/02/1970

02/01/1970

Time formats​

The time format varies between use cases. General times can be expressed in 24:00 format or 12:00 AM/PM format. However, many timings, especially in the train editor are in a harmonised hh:mm:ss format. Other times are expressed in other formats.

Timezone​

Actual data is recieved in UTC and then converted for visualisation. For other timestamps, the browser settings of timezone are applied.

Language​

Language can be selected from the User settings. At the moment the languages available are

  • English
  • Italian

Measurement system​

The normal measurement system is SI units. However some lengths and speeds can be expressed in miles or miles per hour. We do not guarantee full conversion into imperial units.

The unit of measurement for user defined values is indicated on the field title.

Colours​

A set of > 100 predefined colours is available for selection.

Geographic Coordinates​

Geographic coordinates are expressed in decimal degree for latitude and longitude in the WGS84 standard.

Decimal seperator​

For user-defined values decimal separators can be accepted, both comma or dots. The programme uses the language setting of trenoLive to determine the decimal separator and the thousands separator. In English it is dots for decimals (e.g. 87.5%) and commas for thousands (e.g. 101,536 km), while in Italian settings it is the opposite. For user-defined values thousands separators are not accepted. In cases where high numbers are commonly inserted, for example for railway line locations, distances (“mileage”) or train weight, it is defined in pure positive numbers.

If data is read-only, trenoLive displays data with the the thousands separator determined by the language settings in trenoLive.