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feat(legacy): now macro should use show start time when available (#3175)
### Description

Previously the `now` macro used the current time. This is a bit
confusing for autoloading playlists with dynamic smart blocks, as you
have to think about when autoloading happens. This just makes the
autoload datetime be the show start datetime.

**This is a new feature**:

Yes

**I have updated the documentation to reflect these changes**:

Yes

### Testing Notes

**What I did:**

I started up libretime, created an autoloading playlist with a dynamic
block set for one hour ahead. I then created a show with the autoloading
playlist one hour ahead of now and saw that it autoloaded properly and
that the hour matched the show start hour and not the current hour. I
also verified that the now functionality was not changed when not
autoloading by using the preview tracks button on the dynamic smart
block.

**How you can replicate my testing:**

See `What I did` section.

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