[Korganizer-devel] [Bug 141963] New: Missing VTIMEZONE in .ics export file. Causes everyone else receiving the file, who are not using Korganizer see it as UTC instead of correct timezone and times.

Hawk webmaster at karina.org
Tue Feb 20 09:49:00 CET 2007


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           Summary: Missing VTIMEZONE in .ics export file. Causes everyone
                    else receiving the file, who are not using Korganizer
                    see it as UTC instead of correct timezone and times.
           Product: korganizer
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: korganizer-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: webmaster karina org


Version:           3.5.5 (using KDE 3.5.6 "release 23.1" , openSUSE )
Compiler:          Target: x86_64-suse-linux
OS:                Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.18.2-34-default

I do not know if this is actually a "bug" or just a non-compliant "feature".
I've been merrily using Korganizer for years, and syncing it between my zaurus and my laptop for months.
What happened that we tried sending an .ics export to our zope/plone site, and first noticed the times were off. Eventually realizing they were showing up as UTC rather than Pacific timezone (our location).
Then in digging in further we found that sending the .ics file to other calendar programs had the same problem.
A little more digging showed that there is no VTIMEZONE section in the file.
Is this intentionally left out? Or are we missing a configuration setting?
This is happening on 3 different systems, but mine is the most up to date, so I thought I'd try posting with the most up to date system, and go from there.
This is a major problem since we REALLY need our broadcast schedule showing up for people in the right times.
However, sending this file to any other Korganizer users seems to work just fine, in multiple versions of Korganizer, on Suse 10.0, 10.1, and 10.2 (sorry I don't have the korganizer versions handy on the older systems, but I figured that was mostly irrelevant) as well as Cacko linux Pi/Ko on Zaurus.

Is this a known issue? Am I just missing a settign somewhere to make it properly export .ics with the timezone information correctly included to the standards for VTIMEZONE? Or is this a bug?

Please advise.

Thanks!


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