Barry
Fri Feb 18 11:01:52 CST 2005
Paul,
I asked him to post the content of a ics file because he was also
complaining that AFTER he had replaced the LF line endings, the event showed
up, but 3 hours out of place.
Now, looking at the file data, it seems the most likely explanation for this
is that in the TimeZone definition part of the ICS data, the timezone offset
is displayed as a 3 digit number. Checking the RFC quickly (not an easy
thing to do!) it doesn't seem to explicitly state the format should have
leading zeros on the hour, but all the examples are displayed that way, and
that is certainly how it appears in every ICS I have ever examined before. I
suspect, but can't be sure, that this may be causing the time offset.
--
Barry Wainwright
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> From: Paul Berkowitz <berkowit@spoof_silcom.com>
> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage
> Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 08:21:11 -0800
> Subject: Re: How to use .ics files?
>
> We've been through this. There's nothing wrong with the content of the file.
> The problem was the non-standard LF line endings. Pasting the content into
> email and sending it will have replaced the LF line-endings with CRLFs
> during encoded transport and by straight CR endings when arriving at
> Entourage and decoded, so that has disguised the problem entirely. The
> pasted text here won't have LFs although the originals did.
>
> You can run the Webex .ics files through a utility, or text editor, or an
> applescript, that replaces the LFs by CRLFs or CRs, whatever is easier. Do
> you need any help with that, or do you have an easy way to do it?
>
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>> From: Keith Esau <keith.esau@pdf.com>
>> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage
>> Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 09:30:48 -0600
>> Subject: Re: How to use .ics files?
>>
>> I pasted it below. I replaced certain non-crucial info (web addresses, pass
>> codes and and phone numbers) with x's.
>>
>>
>> On 02-18-2005 2:00 AM, in article BE3B512F.40033%barry@mvps.org.INVALID,
>> "Barry Wainwright" <barry@mvps.org.INVALID> wrote:
>>
>>> Can you open one of these files in a text editor and post the text in a
>>> message here? We may be able to identify the problem.
>>
>> BEGIN:VCALENDAR
>> PRODID: -//WebEx//WebEx Meeting Center 6.0//EN
>> VERSION:2.0
>> METHOD:REQUEST
>> BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
>> TZID:Pacific Time
>> BEGIN:STANDARD
>> DTSTART:20031001T020000
>> RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10
>> TZOFFSETFROM:-700
>> TZOFFSETTO:-800
>> TZNAME:Standard Time
>> END:STANDARD
>> BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
>> DTSTART:20030401T020000
>> RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=4
>> TZOFFSETFROM:-800
>> TZOFFSETTO:-700
>> TZNAME:Daylight Savings Time
>> END:DAYLIGHT
>> END:VTIMEZONE
>> BEGIN:VEVENT
>> ATTENDEE;CN="Keith
>> Esau";ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;RSVP=TRUE:MAILTO:keith.esau@xxx.com
>> ORGANIZER;CN="Yoram Schwarz":MAILTO:yoram.schwarz@xxx.com
>> DTSTART;TZID="Pacific Time":20050217T090000
>> DTEND;TZID="Pacific Time":20050217T100000
>> LOCATION:https://xxx.webex.com/xxx/
>> TRANSP:OPAQUE
>> SEQUENCE:1
>> UID:WEBEX-MEETING CENTER-6.03700-85034082
>> DTSTAMP:20050216T173517Z
>> DESCRIPTION:Hello Keith Esau, \n\nYoram Schwarz has invited you to join a
>> meeting on the Web, using WebEx. \n\nTopic: dP. Look & feel \nDate:
>> Thursday, February 17, 2005 \nTime: 9:00 am, Pacific Standard Time (GMT
>> -08:00, San Francisco) \nMeeting number: 334 XXX 211 \nMeeting password:
>> xxxxxxxx \n\nPlease click the following link to see more information, or to
>> join the meeting. \nNEW USER? Prepare your computer in advance of the
>> meeting by clicking New User on the navigation bar.
>> \n\n<https://xxx.webex.com/xxx/j.php?ED=BOGUS&UID=bogus2>
>> \n\nTeleconference: Tel: 1-888-xxx-xxxx\nPasscode: xxxxxx \n\nTo contact
>> Yoram Schwarz, call 1-408-xxxxxxx or, \nsend a message to this address:
>> yoram.schwarz@pdf.com \n\n \n\nTo add this meeting to your calendar program
>> (for example, Microsoft Outlook or Lotus Notes), do the following: \n\n*
>> For all calendar programs (except Lotus Notes), click the following link, or
>> copy the link and paste it into your Web browser:
>> \n<https://xxx.webex.com/xxx/j.php?ED=BOGUS&UID=bogus2&ICS=MI> \n\n*For
>> Lotus Notes, follow these steps: \n1.Right-click the attached iCalendar
>> format (*.ics) file, and then choose View. \n2.Click Import All. A new
>> broadcast email message is added to your Inbox. \n3.Open the new message.
>> \n4.Click Respond button. A menu appears. \n5.Click Accept. \n\n
>> \n\n
http://www.webex.com \nWe've got to start meeting like this(TM) \n \n
>> SUMMARY:XX. Look & feel
>> PRIORITY:5
>> CLASS:PUBLIC
>> BEGIN:VALARM
>> TRIGGER:PT15M
>> ACTION:DISPLAY
>> DESCRIPTION:Reminder
>> END:VALARM
>> END:VEVENT
>> END:VCALENDAR
>>
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