1. A device for programming a video recorder using time and date information contained in a teletext page, which device comprises an input terminal for receiving the information contained in a teletext page, a date detector for detecting a date present in the information of the teletext page, and a time detector for detecting a time present in the information of the teletext page, wherein the improvement comprises: the time detector includes means for detecting time information from at least four consecutive characters in the information of the teletext page, in a form other than exactly four consecutive digits, for detecting time information in the form of exactly four consecutive digits in the information of the teletext page, and for accepting the four consecutive digits as a time unless the time detector has detected time information in a form other than exactly said four consecutive digits in the information of the teletext page.