[mythtv-users] Re: Timezones, wintertime & Timeoffset

[Per Åge Sørvik]

Stefan Frank wrote:

>Per Åge Sørvik <peraage at leneogperaage.com> writes:
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>I did read what you wrote, and you asked wether this setting was used
>for anything. That's what i was referring to.
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OK.

>><programme start="20031031170500 CET" stop="20031031173000 CET"
>>showview="857986" channel="21.dagenstv.com">
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>Looking at the code (which i didn't write, only sent some
>patches) confirms my memory that mythfilldatabase only understands 
>Timezones in numerical format, like +0100, but not CET.
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>In the case of CET,PST... it will do simply nothing.
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That clears everything up. The listings were correct during summer, so 
mythfilldatabase didn't have to do anything.

>What i don't understand is why it's been working for you in the
>past. Can you post an example of your xmltv listing script during summer
>time?
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I never downloaded listings to file before this came up, and I only 
started using MythTv this spring.

Maybe a solution would be to have an optional argument to 
mythfilldatabase to adjust with a given number of minutes ? That would 
help in almost any given situation.

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peraage