It is shown that the Kharitonov test for Hurwitz stability of an interval polynomial does not extend in general to the discrete-time case, unless the degree n of the polynomial is not greater than two. For

a given monic interval polynomial has all roots inside the unit disk if all

extreme polynomials have that property (instead of only four polynomials in Kharitonov\´s test). For

it is shown by a counterexample that discrete-time stability of all extreme polynomials does not guarantee the stability of the interval polynomial.