[mythtv-users] MythTV and guide data time offset.[SOLVED]

[Richard Shaw]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 4:43 PM, Richard Shaw <hobbes1069 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I decided to start a new thread since the problem appears to be with
>  Fedora/Myth and not the data Schedules Direct is giving me.
>
>  For those who did not follow the other thread here's the short version:
>
>  F8/MythTV 0.20.2 (latest from atrpms)
>
>  I have verified the following:
>
>  date returns the correct time with either the system time set to UTC
>  with a -6 offset for central time or with the system time set to
>  actual with no offset.
>
>  Data from SD *is* in UTC/GMT/Zulu whatever you want to call it as expected.
>
>  When the system time is set to UTC w/ GMT-6 offset data in the front
>  end guide is off by +12 hours and the guide in MythWeb is off +6 hours
>  but the time is off -6 hours (i.e. the "current time" shows 4pm when
>  it's actually 10pm).
>
>  When I change the system time to the actual time with 0 offset then
>  mythweb shows everything correct (current time and guide data) but the
>  guide in the front end only moves -6 hours so it is still +6 hours
>  off.
>
>  Any ideas?
>
>  Thanks,
>  Richard

Turns out I needed to have my time zone set to CST (Chicago) and not
GMT-6 which Myth apparently understood well enough to display the
correct "current time" but mythfilldatabase did not understand well
enough.

I'm thinking I should turn this is as a bug report since both should
work correctly.

Richard