[mythtv] Question about the "year" field in the program table

Carl Reynolds mythtv-dev at hyperbole-software.com
Tue Aug 23 20:00:35 UTC 2005


Bruce Markey wrote:

> The field in the program table is actually called "airdate" which
> is misleading but that is what it was named from the early XMLTV
> data. Internally it is a QString "year" in ProgramInfo objects
> and is used to store the year of release for a film. It may have
> no meaning for any other type of program other than a movie.

I think you will also find that the field is used for TV Shows and TV
Series. It give the original air date for a show and the original air
date for each episode in a series.


Carl.







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