[mythtv-users] xmltv time zone problem

[Tom Burt]

OK, I've found the solution to #1 and #2. The problem is that the xml file 
contains the names "CET" and "UTC" for time zones whereas mythfilldatabase 
expects +0100 and +0000. I fixed it with a sed script.
Tom

> I searched the archives and couldn't find a solution to my problem, which
> is a bit complex so let's take it bit by bit.
>
> 1. I'm using tv_grab_uk_rt to download listings. It works, the contents of
> the xml file look OK. I manually load the data into the database with
> mythfilldatabase. The problem: mythfilldatabase seems to ignore both the
> time zone information in the xml file and the setting "time offset for
> xmltv listings". I prepared a real xml file to only contain the first
> <program> entry and manually changed the start time and the corresponding
> time zone in there. What I have as start time literally appears in the EPG,
> without taking the time zone in the xml or the time offset setting into
> consideration. Is it supposed to work this way?
>
> 2. If I get a solution to the first problem, the second one may also
> disappear but until then here it is: I actually download three channels
> with tv_grab_uk: BBC World, BBC1 and BBC2. In the xml file, BBC World has
> the time zone set to CET, the other two to UTC. The data is perfect, so
> start and end times are really given for these time zones. Can I load this
> xml file into the database? (Apparently not :)).
>
> 3. This one is not a problem, I'm just looking for suggestions: I'm in
> Belgium now and download most of the data with jxmltv and the three BBC
> channels with tv_grab_uk_rt. Is there an elegant way to handle this
> situation (including handling the different time zones)? What I do is run
> the two grabbers then run mythfilldatabase on both outputs after each
> other.
>
> Tom