[mythtv-users] Issue: User jobs, mythlink, and Timezone

[Philip Brady]

To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
From: mythtv at blandford.net
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 14:31:09 -0700
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Issue: User jobs, mythlink, and Timezone


  
    
  
  
    On 12/14/2015 02:23 PM, Roger Siddons
      wrote:

    
    
      
      On 14/12/15 20:58, Michael wrote:

      
      

        In the job, I pass the chanid and the starttime values. 

        

        What was passed to the user job was: 9296 for chanid and
        20151213215800 for the starttime.  When mythlink.pl runs, it
        does a sql query for a show that was recorded on that chanid and
        starttime and fails to find anything and no links are created. 

        

        Looking in the database for this recording, I see that actual
        start time is 2015-12-14 04:58:00.  This is a difference of 7
        hours.  I happen to live in UTC -7.  So it looks like a timezone
        issue. 

        

        If I run my user job again by hand, but modify it to pass the
        starttime + 7 hours, then mythlink runs and finds the show and
        the appropriate link is created. 

        

        I am not sure how to fix this.  Any suggestions? 

        

      
      

      Use %STARTTIMEUTC% instead of %STARTTIME%

      

      https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/User_Jobs

      

    
    

    

    Thanks!,

    

    I see the note on this page regarding the various xxxUTC variables.

    

    Sadly, many of the wiki pages ( that I was following ) don't make
    mention of them and still use STARTTIME.

    

    Michael

    


Many of the wiki pages pre-date the introduction of the UTC parameters (I think with 0.27).Why not edit those pages to clarify the point?Phil


  


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