Re: Zap2It's TV Listings Are Gone

On Thu, 27 Mar 2025 21:00:00 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
<ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

On 2025-03-27 3:56 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

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I've been peripherally involved with a couple attempts over the years. You
have to understand that everyone involved in cable TV is stupid and
dishonest. Such efforts usually fall apart over in fighting such as them,
insisting that the day starts at 6 AM and not midnight because that's how
TV guide used to do it.

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Why would they even care about when the day starts?

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You're right. Using GMT with offset for local time doesn't care
about the day of the week. This goes back to radio days when there was
no overnight transmission. To this day, certain AM stations are daylight
only. Who remembers why?

Because of the strength of the signal and the way signals travel. The
AM signal at night can travel much further than it can during the day
and those daylight only stations were likely on a frequency that
interfered with another station at night, but not during the day.

In any case, you could let the user set the time when the day starts in
their settings and then they could start the day at 6 AM, midnight, or
any other time they wanted.

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as long as it didn't screw with the date.
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