From 88982104aa3db458aac2764ceb4b7ea67c1c19bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: vexorian <vexorian@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 10:47:06 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Remove this 'channel time cannot be in the future' condition,
 which was supposed to be gone a long time ago, since the player will actually
 deal with this situation just fine and play Flex until the channel start time

---
 web/directives/channel-config.js | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/web/directives/channel-config.js b/web/directives/channel-config.js
index adce35a..8383404 100644
--- a/web/directives/channel-config.js
+++ b/web/directives/channel-config.js
@@ -1029,9 +1029,6 @@ module.exports = function ($timeout, $location, dizquetv, resolutionOptions, get
                     } else if (channel.overlayIcon && !validURL(channel.icon)) {
                         scope.error.icon = "Please enter a valid image URL. Cant overlay an invalid image."
                         scope.error.tab = "basic";
-                    } else if (now < channel.startTime) {
-                        scope.error.startTime = "Start time must not be set in the future."
-                        scope.error.tab = "programming";
                     } else if (channel.programs.length === 0) {
                         scope.error.programs = "No programs have been selected. Select at least one program."
                         scope.error.tab = "programming";