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''This section may not be a complete history, and may not be kept up to date; so don't take it as authoritative'' | ''This section may not be a complete history, and may not be kept up to date; so don't take it as authoritative'' | ||
*3.11.0 build 3129 | *3.11.0 build 3129 (released on 7 May 2021) | ||
**Fix: End of day backup now always runs at rollover, so like most releases of the legacy software, the stored file represents the true end of day position, for example in the '''[General]''' section, the ''Date'' (calendar date) and ''Timestamp'' attributes will relate to when it was last updated, but the three '''Current'' attributes will relate to the meteorological date just ended. | **Fix: End of day backup now always runs at rollover, so like most releases of the legacy software, the stored file represents the true end of day position, for example in the '''[General]''' section, the ''Date'' (calendar date) and ''Timestamp'' attributes will relate to when it was last updated, but the three '''Current'' attributes will relate to the meteorological date just ended. | ||
*3.7.0 - build 3089 | *3.7.0 - build 3089 (released on 28 July 2020) | ||
**Canadian Humidity Index (Humidex) added for highest extreme monitoring in today.ini (and other longer period extreme log files) | **Canadian Humidity Index (Humidex) added for highest extreme monitoring in today.ini (and other longer period extreme log files) | ||
*Release 3.6.6 build 3082 | *Release 3.6.6 build 3082 (released on 1 June 2020) | ||
**Values in the file had been stored (in all previous builds) using 15 decimal places (because of difficulty in representing decimal parts of numbers in binary), from this release revised so all values stored using 17 significant figures | **Values in the file had been stored (in all previous builds) using 15 decimal places (because of difficulty in representing decimal parts of numbers in binary), from this release revised so all values stored using 17 significant figures | ||
*Release 3.6.3 - build 3079 | *Release 3.6.3 - build 3079 (released on 21 May 2020) | ||
** Fix long standing problem with today.ini becoming corrupted when Microsoft Windows is shutdown | ** Fix long standing problem with today.ini becoming corrupted when Microsoft Windows is shutdown | ||
* Release 3.6.0 build 3076 | * Release 3.6.0 build 3076 (released on 4 May 2020) | ||
** added '''Feels Like''' to daily high and low extremes monitored in today.ini (and other longer period extreme log files) | ** added '''Feels Like''' to daily high and low extremes monitored in today.ini (and other longer period extreme log files) | ||
*From version 1.9.4 build 1089 to release 3.10.5 build 3122 | *From version 1.9.4 build 1089 to release 3.10.5 build 3122 | ||
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*Up to version 1.9.4 build 1088 (released 28 Jan 2014) | *Up to version 1.9.4 build 1088 (released 28 Jan 2014) | ||
**The '''today.ini''' stored in the ''cumulus\backup\daily\FOLDER_NAME'' ((where FOLDER_NAME is based on date and time of creation) represented the end of day (including on last day of month) extremes | **The '''today.ini''' stored in the ''cumulus\backup\daily\FOLDER_NAME'' ((where FOLDER_NAME is based on date and time of creation) represented the end of day (including on last day of month) extremes | ||
*version 1.8.9 31st March 2010 | *version 1.8.9 (released on 31st March 2010) | ||
**Fix problem with month names (timestamp in today.ini) using ''short date format'' | **Fix problem with month names (timestamp in today.ini) using ''short date format'' | ||
* version 1.8.6 14th April 2009 | * version 1.8.6 (released on 14th April 2009) | ||
**Don't write today.ini unless station contacted | **Don't write today.ini unless station contacted | ||
*version 1.8.5 12th February 2009 | *version 1.8.5 (released on 12th February 2009) | ||
**Fix wrong times for some of today's extremes | **Fix wrong times for some of today's extremes | ||
*Not documented | *Not documented | ||