Subject: Re: bug#35608: 26.2; Calc temperature conversions

From: Mauro Aranda <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 6 May 2019 18:19:26 -0300

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"Harris, Bill" <[email-masked]> writes:

> I entered '10 degC' and then
> u c degF
> I got 18, not the expected 50.

Hello.

That's because ‘u c’ treats temperature units as relative, and not as
absolute.  The result you got means that a change of 10 degrees Celsius
equals to a change of 18 degrees Fahrenheit.

You need to use ‘u t’ (calc-convert-temperature) to convert an absolute
temperature from one scale to another.  With that command, you'll get
the expected 50 degF.

Best regards,
Mauro.