[Users] claws-mail displays ics file wrongly

[Michael Rasmussen]

On Thu, 29 Aug 2024 08:31:22 +0000
Colin Leroy-Mira via Users <users at lists.claws-mail.org> wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> > I was looking at that file again and I think I figured:
> > [...]  
> 
> I gave a look at the (old) code, and it seems clear to me why the
> start/end times are displayed wrong: even though the vCalendar plugin
> handles TZID as a parameter of DTSTART/DTEND properties, it *does
> not* handle, at all, a VTIMEZONE component separated from the VEVENT
> component.
> 
> No promises but I'll try to give a look at it this evening.
AFAIK timestamps in a calender event without timezone is to be
interpreted this way:
1) If the calendar event contains a VTIMEZONE component use this for
timezone.
2) If the calender event contains no VTIMEZONE component use local time.




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