'Recently Played' times incorrect for videos.

Overall, I'm loving my Apple TV, but the only problem I have is this:
After watching a movie/TV show on my Apple TV and then syncing with iTunes, the videos that I've watched are showing up in my 'Recently Played' playlist in iTunes but their 'Last Played' time is incorrect. The time shown is usually in the future, maybe eight or so hours ahead of the actual time.
Songs played on the Apple TV show up in iTunes with the 'Last Played' time correct, the problem only happens with videos.
It's not a major issue, but it's annoying me a bit because my Recently Played playlist is all messed up.
Is anyone else having this problem? Anyway to fix it?
Thanks.

Hi,
This is a known issue, and Macfixit has this to say about it -
Late-Breakers
Friday, March 30 2007 @ 04:43 PM PDT
Apple TV Special Report: Incorrect time setting
It appears that many Apple TVs are displaying the wrong time -- generally several hours ahead of the current, actual time as maintained by the host Mac/PC. This causes issues with the "Last played" time-stamp, which may erroneously show a future time for the last playback.
This is an issue into which Apple is looking, and may necessitate an Apple TV software revision.
Regards
G5 Quad Mac OS X (10.4.9)

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