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<blockquote data-quote="mrbenji" data-source="post: 263945" data-attributes="member: 69110">It's slightly more complicated than that.&nbsp; For whatever reason, most of my first-run programs have a &quot;previously-shown&quot; date that's about a day and 3 hours earlier than the actual run time (time zone issue?).&nbsp; Not even the 1 day 3hr difference is a constant, however... sometimes it's 1 day 4hrs earlier, and a few programs are a full 1 day, 23hrs earlier!&nbsp; I'm on Pacific Standard Time, btw.Also, sometimes the &quot;previously-shown&quot; date is *in* the previously-shown tag, like:&lt;previously-shown start=&quot;20080207000000&quot; /&gt;)Other times the previously-shown tag is reduced to &quot;&lt;previously-shown /&gt;&quot; and there's a &lt;date&gt;&lt;/date&gt; tag with the earlier runtime in it, minus the 6 trailing zeros.&nbsp; So my script checks for a full date in either place (&quot;full date&quot; because for movies the &lt;date&gt; tag often just has the release year of the movie in it), and removes any existing previously-shown tag if the broadcast date is 1 day, 23hrs after the &quot;previously shown&quot; date or closer.Hope that was clear... and hopefully my code's legible enough to explain better!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mrbenji, post: 263945, member: 69110"] It's slightly more complicated than that. For whatever reason, most of my first-run programs have a "previously-shown" date that's about a day and 3 hours earlier than the actual run time (time zone issue?). Not even the 1 day 3hr difference is a constant, however... sometimes it's 1 day 4hrs earlier, and a few programs are a full 1 day, 23hrs earlier! I'm on Pacific Standard Time, btw. Also, sometimes the "previously-shown" date is *in* the previously-shown tag, like: <previously-shown start="20080207000000" />) Other times the previously-shown tag is reduced to "<previously-shown />" and there's a <date></date> tag with the earlier runtime in it, minus the 6 trailing zeros. So my script checks for a full date in either place ("full date" because for movies the <date> tag often just has the release year of the movie in it), and removes any existing previously-shown tag if the broadcast date is 1 day, 23hrs after the "previously shown" date or closer. Hope that was clear... and hopefully my code's legible enough to explain better! [/QUOTE]

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