Bug Sitrec Time Zone issue with external AI Agent

[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.

 

[flarkey]

Just FYI I use the Sitrec chatbot regularly to get easy links to ADSBex & FR24 playbacks. It would be great if you could keep it live even if it isn't maintained. The other chatbot I used was Mike Grossman's but it seems to be borked. https://www.chatbase.co/chatbot-iframe/xPKq8RfpIPtnNw_dptU4p

 

[Mick West]

Just FYI I use the Sitrec chatbot regularly to get easy links to ADSBex & FR24 playbacks.

I'll keep it live (it's free), but you can do some of that in Sitrec. Just set the location and time with the Assistant, and then there's an ADSBx link in the help menu.

I'm not sure why there isn't an FR24 link, I'll check