[vdr] Re: Possible correction for vdr.5? EPG Start Time and UTC..

[Thomas Keil <tk@commedia-group.com>]

Sergei Haller wrote:
> Correct  me if I am wrong, but as far as I know, UTC just means "Universal
> Coordinated  Time", which is just a specific timezone and is equivalent to
> GMT ("Greenwich Mean Time").
> so you can measure the time with whichever accuracy you would like.
>
> time_t  type  stores  the  time,  as  you  have  pointed out correctly, in
> seconds.
I don't really know, so just skip the UTC part if it's wrong :-D

Nevertheless the unit of measurement of the time (here: seconds) should 
be added to the manual, since it confuses potential programmers - I had 
at least five cases on our IRC-Channel #vdr-portal complaining that 
their programs don't work as intended since most of the time-functions 
of many programming languages expect their timestamps in milliseconds....


Cheers
Thomas


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