[mythtv-users] MythFrontend for Windows - Problem with mismatched TimeZone

[Eric Sharkey]

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Dave Pearson <lists at the-pearsons.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've just downloaded a MythFrontend binary for Windows from
> http://members.iinet.net.au/~davco/
>
> Unfortunately, when I try to run it, it complains:
>
> "Your frontend and backend are configured in different timezones. You
> must correct this mismatch to continue"
>
> My Backend is running on Ubuntu 10.10 and the time is set to Europe/London
>
> My Windows Frontend is Windows 7 and the time is set to (UTC) Dublin,
> Edinburgh, Lisbon, London
>
> I'm guessing that I need to set a Timezone environment variable in
> Windows before I start the frontend, but what is the variable I need to
> set and what should I set it to so that the timezones match?

I just hit this same problem myself.  I just got a new laptop for my
son and it has Windows on it.  I'm not very familiar with Windows
myself.  All of my real computers have the zone set to "America/New
York", but I don't see that as an option in Windows.  The closest
thing I can set it to is "Eastern Time (US & Canada)".  Is there a
simple solution for this?

Eric