[mythtv-users] Archive to DVD - time format error

Mark E. Mallett mem at mv.mv.com
Sat Nov 16 18:25:07 UTC 2013


On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 09:32:07AM +0000, John Pilkington wrote:
> On 16/11/13 04:40, Mark E. Mallett wrote:
> >I have been trying to create a DVD from a recording. The attempt always
> >fails with a time format error. The tail of the log is something like this:
> >
> >    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/MythTV/utility/dt.py", line 435, in duck
> >      raise TypeError("time data '%s' does not match supported formats"%t)
> >        TypeError: type data '
> >           2013-10-15T19:57:00-04:00
> >        ' does not match supported formats

> 
> The error message that you quote isn't familiar but I suspect you
> have this UTC problem.
> 
>  http://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/11758#comment:5
> 
> Try saving a backup of mythburn.py, then edit to change all
> instances of rec.starttime.isoformat() to
> rec.starttime.utcisoformat()

Same complaint, only the complained-about time no longer has the "-04:00"
timezone offset. That is, it is given as 2013-10-15T23:57:00

mm


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