Bug Sitec time/light issue?

[jarlrmai]

I've been investigating a Reddit post from Chile

Below is the Sitrec Chatbot output

Let's process the provided date, time, and location.

1. Location: Iquique Airport (Diego Aracena International Airport), Chile
   • The approximate coordinates for Iquique Airport are:
     • Latitude: -20.5644
     • Longitude: -70.1806
2. Date and Time:
   • Given: April 7, 2026, at 19:28 local time (CLT, UTC-3) since Chile observes Chile Standard Time in April.
3. Convert to UTC:
   • 19:28 CLT is 19:28 + 3 hours = 22:28 UTC on April 7, 2026.

Now, let's generate the links using the provided coordinates and converted time:

• ADS-B Exchange Playback Link:ADS-B Exchange
• FlightRadar24 Link:FlightRadar24
• Google Maps Link:Google Maps
• Sitrec Link:Sitrec

Feel free to ask if you need more information!

Sitrec show's a light sky, but it was dark in the video and is dark as far as Stellarium says as well

 

[Mick West]

Chile is in Chile Standard time after Apr 4, that it UTC-4, so add another hour.

The chatbot made a mistake. What model do you have it set to in Sitrec/Settings?

 

[jarlrmai]

Those settings affect

https://www.chatbase.co/chatbot-iframe/jm08ypN4zneL5S7wU2QOD

 

[Mick West]

Oh, wait, that's the "Sitrec Chatbot", not the Sitrec Assistant. I've not updated the underlying models there (or used it) for a while. Let me try the AI assistant...

 

[jarlrmai]

That's the 1st time its made a time zone error, I got complacent and not having CLT in the drop down in sitrec means I didn't notice until I checked it with suncalc

mea culpa

 

[Mick West]

So when I use GPT-5 Mini, it gives UTC-3 (wrong). But switching to Claude Opus 4.8 it gives the correct UTC-4

So I guess the simple solution is to use the better AI model wherever possible. I'll see if I can update the ChatBase one - but I've not looked at it for a year or so.

 

[Mick West]

I'll see if I can update the ChatBase one - but I've not looked at it for a year or so.

I updated from 4o-mini to 5.4-mini, and it seems to work.