[kdepim-users] korganizer 4.1 timezone problem

[Anne Wilson]

On Monday 08 September 2008 10:54:44 David Jarvie wrote:
> On Monday 8 September 2008 8:01, Thomas Winteler - Win-Soft, Service for X
>
> wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > I have a Problem with my std.ics file and korganizer 4.1.0 from kde
> > 4.1.1.
> >
> > I have imported my std.ics from korganizer 3.5.9 (kde 3.5.10).
> >
> > I'm in europe/zurich timezone.
> >
> > The event view shows correct date and times. But if i edit an event, i
>
> get UTC timezone, also the Mouseover effect shows UTC tz.
>
> > The ics time entries are like this:
> > DTSTART:20080926T170000Z
> > DTEND:20080926T200000Z
> >
> > That are UTC timestamps. I think in the calendar view, they should be
>
> changed in my own timezone.
>
> > By the was, if i create a new event, all is ok and the correct tz is
> > used.
> >
> > Any idea why that happeds and how to fix it?
>
> The reason is that in KDE 3 time zones weren't handled properly and all
> times were stored as UTC, the necessary conversion to the user's time zone
> being done in the user interface. In KDE 4, time zones are stored
> correctly in the calendar, and are displayed just as they are stored.
> Presumably there isn't any conversion done when a KDE 3 calendar is read
> by the KDE 4 KOrganizer, so times now show as UTC.

Which probably means that my message should be ignored, as it implies that I 
had used UTC originally.  Sorry to be misleading.

Anne
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