Re: [Evolution] Calendar Questions

[Lonnie Borntreger <email borntreger com>]

On Fri, 2002-09-13 at 04:55, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-09-13 at 05:46, Lonnie Borntreger wrote:
> > Issue 1: Time
> > When I receive a meeting request, it translates the UTC time to my
> > timezone when I view it.  After accepting it, the calendar view shows it
> > in the proper timeslot for my timezone.  However, if I open it to
> > view/modify it (like add some comments), the time shown is in UTC.  Is
> > this a feature or bug?
>  
> this is a feature. If the appointment times are in UTC, that's how
> evolution treats it, although as you said, it will convert to local
> timezone when displaying the event in your calendar's slots.

This is real confusing.  I can't tell you how many times I've
accidentally changed the time when modifying a meeting:
 - Open a meeting shown as 7pm on 9/10 for editing
 - Add some information, like change the reminder
 - Return to the "Appointment" tab
 - Notice the time says 12AM on 9/11
 - Think "Oops, I messed it up somehow, I have to fix it"
 - Change the date and time to 7pm on 9/10
 - Save changes
 - Notice that the meeting is now at 2pm on 9/10
 - Curse
 - Re-edit the appointment to put it back to the original time

My thought is that it should convert to the local timezone no matter
when/how it is shown (don't care how it's saved).


> > Issue 2: Alarms
> > Meeting requests from Outlook 2000 that have a reminder set on the
> > sender's end have this block in them:

Will answer to Dan's reply to this issue...

> > Issue 3: Default Alarms
> > In the preferences for Calendar and Tasks I have set the option to add a
> > reminder to every appointment.  But it never does, or at least opening
> > the appointment and looking at it shows no reminder, and there is no
> > "bell" icon on the appointment.
> that's weird. Restarting evolution does not fix it? maybe the
> configuration change hasn't been read yet, since in 1.0.x the config
> changes are only saved to disk when you exit evolution, so the event
> editor might not be getting the change. This is fixed in 1.1.x, but it
> might be that the cause. So try quitting evolution and restarting again
> and see if that fixes it.

I unchecked it, applied the change, rechecked it, applied the change -
and now it works (didn't have to restart).


TTFN, 
Lonnie Borntreger