[mythtv-users] Potential Problem With Switch Back to Standard Time

[Michael T. Dean]

Kevin Atkinson wrote:

> On Sat, 29 Oct 2005, Matt SF wrote:
>
>> I am amazed the developers chose not to use UTC in the database and
>> instead used local time.  I hope they had a good reason...if not, that
>> would be very...Microsoft of them  ;)
>
> Yes, and I hope they respond to this issue.

You mean like the million or so posts they've made on the issue every 
six months?

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/

But, you're right.  When push came to shove, the MythTV developers just 
needed to get the next release out before the end of the quarter so 
analysts would factor the potential earnings into the share price.  
Therefore, because of the deadline and profit risk, they chose to take 
the "easy" way out and use local time--on time and on budget have always 
taken precedence over code quality in MythTV development.

Mike