Calendar time issue

Terry Judd terry.judd at unimelb.edu.au
Mon Jul 29 22:16:51 EDT 2013


On 30/07/2013, at 12:03 PM, Dan Friedman wrote:

> Terry,
> 
> No, they didn't.  They are exactly the same!  In fact, the calendars come from different accounts by the same company!  I can't figure it out!
> 
> Any other thoughts?

If they are in a different timezone to you then that's where I'd still be looking. Daylight saving?

Terry...

> 
> -Dan
> 
>> Hi Dan - do they include timezone info in the header or events?
>> 
>> Terry...
>> 
>> On 30/07/2013, at 10:34 AM, Dan Friedman wrote:
>> 
>>> Fellow LiveCoders...
>>> 
>>> This is a little off-topic, but I am working on a calendar which reads and displays a variety of calendar formats.  It's going well!  However, when using the iCal format, I have noticed that my calendar is an hour off as compared to what it says on the web display of the calendar.  I am using the DTSTART tag to get the starting date and time.  If DTSTART ends with "Z", I am using:
>>> 
>>> 	put word 6 of the internet date into dateOffset
>>> 
>>> to get the difference in time and making the change.  I can't find any differences in the VCALENDAR files that would make one calendar a different time than another.
>>> 
>>> Is there some lookup that I have to do for a calendar?  Anyone have any experience with this type of thing?  Any advise would be appreciated!
>>> 
>>> Thank you in advance,
>>> Dan
> 
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Dr Terry Judd
Senior Lecturer in Medical Education
Medical Eduction Unit
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences
The University of Melbourne








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