[mythtv-users] Mooting architecture for a DataDirect replacement
Jay R. Ashworth
jra at baylink.com
Thu Jun 21 20:34:23 UTC 2007
On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 03:08:53PM -0500, Kevin Hulse wrote:
> > Subject: Svc: ABC; Date: 2007-JUN-27; Time: ALL
> > Subject: Svc: TLC; Date: 2007-JUN-22; Time: 1900-2259
> >
> > ... which raises another good point. The only reasonable way to handle
> > time is to do it in local, which means you need to know which coast's
> > feed you're watching for some channels and locations ("8pm, 7 Central")
>
> You need to know which feed you're watching anyways. Each feed
> should be considered a separate channel. We could store timezone data
> in the master record for the channel or just add timezone information to
> all dates.
Correct. So:
Subject: Svc: ABC-E; Date: 2007-JUN-27; Time: ALL
> One feed might contain different content from the other one
> for some reason.
Yep; that happens quite a bit, I gather.
> The data end users get should pretty much be pristine. They
> can adjust channel local time to their local time when they import
> the data.
For local stations, the only issue is if they're in a different
timezone than you. On reflection, though, I guess that's true for
networks, too; they're all in either NY or LA, notionally.
Cheers,
-- jra
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