Re: [Evolution] Webcal and TimeZones

[JP Rosevear <jpr novell com>]

On Wed, 2004-12-22 at 11:36 +0100, Ron Smits wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-12-22 at 01:55 -0800, Lonnie Borntreger wrote:
> > > Thanks When I import it in evolution (2.0.2) it shows correcty as being
> > > from 18:00 to 21:00 (Europe/Amsterdam timezone here) That is a 6 hour
> > > difference. I'll load it into the j2ee container this evening
> >
> > Interesting..... OK.  I tried an experiment.  I took the file, deleted
> > everything except for the file header, timezone info, and one VEVENT.
> > Then I imported it into Evolution.  That one event shows the correct
> > time shift.  Why is it that the importer knows how to properly shift the
> > timezone, but the webcal interface doesn't?
> >
> > For reference, the webcal URL is:
> > webcal://icalx.com/public/bgalland/200532NASCAR32Schedule.ics
> >
> > I tried changing the "webcal" part to "http" and it made no difference.
>
> Interesting I subscribed to that nascar link and when looking at an
> event it does not show any Timezone information and displays it at the
> wrong time. If I take an event and mail it to myself, unsubscribe from
> the webcal link and import the calendar.ics file. It is shown correctly.
> I have attached the ics file the way evolution has exported it

Rodrigo sent a patch to fix the bug you are seeing, but also on a happy
note, Apple's iCal seems to be exporting the timezone now (I'm pretty
sure earlier versions did not).

-JP
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JP Rosevear <jpr novell com>
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