Re: [calsify] JSCalendar: alternative to current all-day events

[Doug Royer <[e-mail]>]

On 6/18/19 10:28 PM, Neil Jenkins wrote:

> I suggest try using a common CUA such as Outlook, Google Calendar, Apple 
> Calendar. These all have an option to mark an event as "all day" (this 
> is literally the term normally used in the interface), which causes the 
> client to display it separate to timed events in the spatial view (e.g. 
> Day, Week view) of the calendar.

Yes, my question was as defined in the spec. And the fact that its usage 
is not consistent. Some apps give 'all-day' events with a 1 hour 
duration (or maybe it is the default event duration set by the user 
settings). Some have no DTEND (anniversary).

> When storing in iCalendar format, clients distinguish these events by 
> using the DATE format rather than the DATETIME format. In JSCalendar we 
> are using an explicit boolean property instead, which we believe is 
> better aligned with developers' mental model and is easier to implement.

I can not find an RFC that defines 'all day' events. Just anniversaries 
which some use to mean 'all day'.

> This particular thread is discussing loosening some current 
> restrictions, designed to ensure a 1:1 mapping to iCalendar, to allow 
> more representation of data not currently possible in iCalendar (which 
> some developers have expressed a wish for in their applications).

I still do not understand the concept of 'all-day' that is not really 
'all-day'. Do people really mean anniversary or day (daily) reminder?

When I check 'all day' on my google calendar, it removes DTEND, which 
makes it an anniversary type event. Then shows it consumes exactly 
24-hours when I get a summary of events. On the calendar itself, it 
shows zero duration. The google android calendar app seem to do the same 
thing.

Thunderbird keeps DTEND making it equal to DTSTART and takes away the 
TIME value from DTSTART and DTEND (making it VALUE=DATE - WITH a time 
zone). And views as a 0 seconds duration event on the user interface. 
 
 
 


So, looking at what I have, there is no consistent meaning for all-day.
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