Re: [Evolution] Failed to open calendar “Contacts : Birthdays & Anniversaries” Invalid object

[Milan Crha <mcrha redhat com>]

On Mon, 2020-03-23 at 11:55 +0100, John Murrell wrote:
> Exporting to a vCard sounds like the way to go 
> but I don't think I can delete my contacts as this is greyed out.

        Hi,
I didn't mean to delete the address book, I meant to delete only the
contacts in it (aka select the book, then click on one of the contacts,
then in menu Edit->Select All, followed by Edit->Delete Contact). You
can also create a new local address book and try to import your
modified contacts there first, to verify the imported bits will look
properly.

> If it is related to time zones could it have been triggered by the US
> Summer time change even though I am in the UK ? (UK have not changed
> to Summer Time Yet)

I guess (and hope) not. The code I've been referring to is not called
during the calendar open, thus it should not influence the open
behavior.

> FYI - not sure if it a 'bug' but in the contacts list view the year
> '9999' shows as '99' so could be confused with 1999

That is derived from your locale. You can change the format in
Edit->Preferences->Contacts->Date/Time format, at the very top of the
General tab.

> I suspect there is a bit of a hole in the software as normally it
> does not allow you to enter a date in the future for Birthdays - not
> sure about anniversaries ?

There is a difference between content validation when user edits the
contact in the GUI and between contact import. The check on edit tries
to avoid user mistakes. The import expects valid data.

> In terms of the reply to the list I have been but all my messages
> seem to be held for moderation as a non-user.

Ah, I see, poc already flushed the queue (thanks poc). I'm sorry for
the noise.

        Bye,
        Milan