[Korganizer-devel] [Bug 287565] New: Korganizer crashes every time when an event or a to-do at any attempt to set a timezone other than UTC, or to edit an imported item with such timezone

[Maksym Kozub]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=287565

           Summary: Korganizer crashes every time when an event or a to-do
                    at any attempt to set a timezone other than UTC, or to
                    edit an imported item with such timezone
           Product: korganizer
           Version: 4.7
          Platform: MS Windows
        OS/Version: MS Windows
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: crash
          Priority: NOR
         Component: timezones
        AssignedTo: korganizer-devel at kde.org
        ReportedBy: maksym.kozub at kozub.in.ua


Version:           4.7 (using KDE 4.7.0) 
OS:                MS Windows

The summary basically says it all :). There are two types of situations, and
both seem to be caused by the same bug (somewhere in libical or maybe
elsewhere). See below the steps to reproduce the bug.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Method 1.
Start Korganizer with an empty calendar, create an event or a to-do with start
time or end time (by unchecking "Takes the whole day"), click on "Time zones",
select anything (other than UTC or initial "Floating") from the drop-down list.
Korganizer crashes.

Method 2.
Start Korganizer with an empty calendar, import (either as a separate calendar,
or merging into the empty main one, it doesn't matter) an .ics file made by
Lightning or Sunbird with events or to-dos having timezones like Europe/Kiev or
America/New York.

Actual Results:  
Korganizer crashes.

Expected Results:  
The timezone for start time or end time for the event or to-do being created or
edited is set to the one selected from te drop-down list.

It happens in 4.7.0 downloaded and installed from windows.kde.org (in both
MinGW4 and MSVC versions), as well as in Kolab client from kolab.org (already
uninstalled it, but as far as I remember it is based on 4.7.1).

The OS is Windows 7 Starter.

It is a pity to see this bug, because I do like Korganizer/KDE PIM features and
UI more than those of Lightning or any other calendar software I tried, but I
cannot use it at the moment. Being an interpreter and translator, I travel
quite a lot as an interpreter, and generally have to deal with various
timezones, so this inability to properly handle them is a real (and the only)
showstopper for me...

It may be related to https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68345.

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