False date time conversion for series schedules

[pünktchen 1258]

I think i've seen this before, but it's a case that happens not often...

On the series schedules screen the day of the date time (because of this, the checkmarks for days also) is presented in UTC instead of local time.

It was the right conversion while creating the series schedule and it is always right for one time schedules.

Some pictures to add clarity:

 

 

 

 

 

[pünktchen 1258]

Bump!

[Luke 37060]

i don't know, check your system time zone settings and/or the dates coming from the tv plugin. ensure that they're not only in utc but also marked as utc, equally important.

[pünktchen 1258]

My system timezone is correct. Also the times in Emby are correct when comes to guide and one time schedules.

It's only series schedules where no time conversion takes place! (The plugin code for single and series schedules is the same)

Please take look at the next two screenshots:

The first one shows a child timer of the problematic series schedule. The api returns UTC time and the webinterface shows the correct local time.

The second screenshot shows the series schedule itself. The api returns UTC time and the webinterface also. No time conversion takes place! But it should be friday instead of thursday, because i'm UTC +2h.

 

 

[pünktchen 1258]

Hi @@Luke,

have you ever had a chance to look at my last screenshots?

[Luke 37060]

looking at the api output is too late in the chain. make sure that not only is the provider returning utc, but that they're flagged as utc, equally important. then check your system time zone settings.

[pünktchen 1258]

looking at the api output is too late in the chain. make sure that not only is the provider returning utc, but that they're flagged as utc, equally important. then check your system time zone settings.

 

What do you mean by "flagged as utc"?

I deliver all dates (guide and schedules) in the MediaPortal plugin as utc to Emby.

Emby then shows all the dates and times correctly in my timezone everywhere! except for the series schedules!!!

[Luke 37060]

make sure the Kind flag on the DateTime is also UTC

[pünktchen 1258]

Somelike this:

seriesTimerInfo.StartDate = DateTime.SpecifyKind(schedule.StartTime, DateTimeKind.Utc)

doesn't make any difference.

The time part of the DateTime for series schedules is also correct in Emby.

It's just the day of the week of the DateTime that is not right!

[pünktchen 1258]

In "GetSeriesTimersAsync" i could do this to representate the day of the week:

seriesTimerInfo.Days.Add(schedule.StartTime.ToLocalTime().DayOfWeek)

This works, but shouldn't Emby do all of the time conversions?!

[Luke 37060]

I'll have to check what emby TV does. It might just be that we did it that way and it's too late to change it now.