Re: [Evolution] Time drifting using Android - Exchange 2010 - Evolution

[Vidar Evenrud Seeberg <web infosikring no>]

Den 05/30/2013 08:51 AM, skrev evolution-list-request gnome org:
>         Hi,
> it might be better to start with evolution itself, not with your admins.
> I suggest to debug what the server returns to you. One UI way is to open
> the event editor and turn on View->Time zone, then you'll see what time
> zone is the event at.
Now, we're getting somewhere... When opening an event created on my 
phone, no time zone appears, just an active "Select..." box from which I 
can choose time zone. Opening an event created in Outlook, the time zone 
says GMT+1. Opening an event created in OWA, the time zone says Romance 
Standard Time. Creating an event in Evolution and opening it again 
afterwards it says Europe/Oslo, which is the system's time. The main 
thing is that events created on the phone does not appear with time zone 
set in Evolution. I also tried to view the time zone in Outlook, and all 
are viewed as GMT+1, although events created in Evolution or on the 
phone says Belgrade... and events created in OWA says Brussels...
> More core debugging looks like:
> a) close evolution and all its related processes, namely
>     e-calendar-factory process
> b) open a terminal and run there the factory with debugging on:
>     $ EWS_DEBUG=2 /usr/libexec/e-calendar-factory -w
>     notes: 1) path on your system can be different; 2) if -2 doesn't work
>     in 3.4, then run it without it).
> c) enter a new appointment on your phone
> d) run evolution on another terminal
>     you should see printed new lines on the factory console. I guess
>     if you entered some recognizable summary of the event, then you'll
>     see where it starts. The raw data is important for debugging.
> e) when the event shows in evolution, right-click it and choose
>     "Save...", pick some nice name for it. Open it in a text editor and
>     delete from there anything you'll feel like being personal and/or
>     sensitive data (or just replace it with XXXX).
>
> Attach the saved event here, and if you can then also the part from the
> factory log where the event was received (I'm not sure if it'll be
> visible at all, if not, then never mind on this).
>
>         Bye,
>         Milan
The EWS_DEBUG part worked, but searching for the event entered on the 
phone gave no results. Here is the event, entered for 20:00 on the 
phone, but drifted two hours to 18:00:
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//Ximian//NONSGML Evolution Calendar//EN
VERSION:2.0
METHOD:PUBLISH
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-US:Test20
DTSTART:20130602T180000
DTEND:20130602T190000
UID:1028db8dcfc0465e936a87d8027ade0d
CLASS:PUBLIC
PRIORITY:5
DTSTAMP:20130530T185125Z
TRANSP:OPAQUE
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SEQUENCE:0
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-APPT-SEQUENCE:0
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-OWNERAPPTID:2111173895
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-BUSYSTATUS:BUSY
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-INTENDEDSTATUS:BUSY
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-IMPORTANCE:1
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-INSTTYPE:0
X-MICROSOFT-DISALLOW-COUNTER:FALSE
X-EVOLUTION-ITEMID:
 AAMkADFmODk4OWM3LThkZTYtNDNiNy04MDI3LWE2MDFiNjEwMTVlZQBGAAAAAABfPsKLxmAeTq
 GBhPnLcSToBwDpmmDdm/HZQbnuhOn4fMvuAAABV6JlAADZpHxTQYzrRJ5/zjxxNiNuAAAAKCiD
 AAA=
X-EVOLUTION-CHANGEKEY:DwAAABYAAADZpHxTQYzrRJ5/zjxxNiNuAAAAKuxn
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR
> P.S.: it seems to me that you use message digests on this list, it'll be
> better to turn that off (follow URL at the very bottom of this and every
> email on this list), then you can reply to individual messages without
> breaking threading (and making the message hard to follow, because I was
> about to discard your whole message after reaching the first
> "reply-part" in it). Thanks.
I hope this post "comes to the right place". I had to reply based on the 
digest since I did not have your single post. I have now disabled 
digesting and hopefully I am on the right track now
Best regards
Vidar