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Re: UNIX date command bug?

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From: Smith and O'Halloran
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 00:00
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In article <3628494D.6A42@---yahoo.com>,
Brian Moriguchi  <freewayjam---@---yahoo.com> wrote:
>98 10 21 3
>98 10 22 4
>98 10 23 5
>98 10 24 6
>98 10 25 0   
>98 10 25 0   #########this one is wrong
>98 10 26 1
>98 10 27 2
>98 10 28 3
>98 10 29 4

You're not alone.

The on-screen schedule on the DSS satellite dish has off-by-one-hour errors in
about 1/3rd of the channels.  (The labels for the columns do indicate "12:30
1:00 1:30 1:00 1:30 2:00" like they should.  But when I tried to get
information on the movie that just started, it described what was playing
an hour ago and said that this movie is not going to start for another hour.)

The schedule for TCI cable at http://www.prevue.com/ does not acknowlege
the time change; the shows prior to the first 1:00am are correct and the
programs after 9:00am are correct, but everthing between is suspect.

The schedule used by http://tnt.turner.com/ for 7:00pm Pacific
http://www.gist.com/tnt/tv1.dpg?daypart=19&genres=All+Categories&channel=TNT.11164....pst
says that the new Season-5 episode of Babylon-5 is at 8:00pm Wednesday
(www.prevue.com says 9:30pm Wednesday, TV Guide says 10:00pm).

In other words, the three TV schedule web sites I checked had inconsistent
errors when asked to display future dates on the other size of the
Daylight Savings switch.
	-Joe
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From: inwap@best.com (Smith and O'Halloran)
Subject: Re: UNIX date command bug?
Date: 1998/10/25
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