ICS Time format export

  • Resolved maxwaldorf

    (@maxwaldorf)


    7 years, 11 months ago

    Hello,

    Trying to export to outlook.com the .ics format, I would like to suggest to use Zulu time instead of Country/City format for event times.

    Import fails if not in format like:

    DTSTART:19970714T170000Z
    DTEND:19970715T035959Z

    Can you please consider making this modification?

    Cheers

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  • Barry

    (@barryhughes-1)

    Hi @maxwaldorf,

    We could certainly consider it. What are the specific problems you are facing at the moment, with the current format?

    Thread Starter maxwaldorf

    (@maxwaldorf)

    Hi,

    In fact after a couple import failures in outlook.com, I came to realize that the time stamp format is not supported by the website if not in Zulu format…

    Thus, the xport format had to be transformed from :

    DTSTART;TZID=UTC+0:20170507T180000
    DTEND;TZID=UTC+0:20170507T210000

    to

    DTSTART:20170507T180000Z
    DTEND:20170507T210000Z

    In fact, the TZID is clearly not supported by outlook.com

    Cheers

    Barry

    (@barryhughes-1)

    Interesting. I do have a couple more questions, if you can help:

    • Are you using the Outlook desktop application – which version if so?
    • If you set WordPress (or individual events) to use a named timezone –
      such as Europe/London, rather than GMT or UTC offsets such as UTC+0 – does it import correctly then?

    Thanks!

    Thread Starter maxwaldorf

    (@maxwaldorf)

    Hi,

    Here are my answers:

    1) No I am using the outlook.com website version…

    2) I am currently using Europe/paris timezone in WP general settings.

    Hope that can help.

    Cheers

    Barry

    (@barryhughes-1)

    And the events themselves aren’t explicitly set to UTC+0? That’s odd. Any chance you could share a link to your calendar?

    Thread Starter maxwaldorf

    (@maxwaldorf)

    Hi!

    Sure the link is: https://www.falcon-lounge.com/event/falcon-lounge-flight-may-2017/

    My understanding is that outlook.com doesn’t like the: ;TZID=UTC+0 part of the ics…

    Cheers

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