Re: [Evolution] Webcal and TimeZones

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo novell com>]

On Wed, 2004-12-22 at 12:23 -0500, JP Rosevear wrote:
> 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).
right, I can confirm that, previous versions didn't include timezone
info
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Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo novell com>