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

[Carl Reynolds]

Bruce Markey wrote:

> Carl Reynolds wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>
> No, that's program.originalairdate which is a "date" field. This
> is why I said that it is misleading because when people who know 
> nothing choose to pull 'information' out of thin air they draw
> the wrong conclusion.


Thanks for clearing that up Bruce. I see I jumped to the wrong conclusion.



Carl.