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

["Neil Jenkins" <[e-mail]>]

On Wed, 19 Jun 2019, at 07:13, Doug Royer wrote:
> Great - It needs to be documented in the spec.

Yes, I have suggested text in a previous email in this thread.

> Exactly how will they be displayed differently?

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.

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.

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).

Neil.