Re: [TOOLS-DEVELOPMENT] ical server issue

Lou Berger <lberger@labn.net> Fri, 11 September 2015 17:59 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TOOLS-DEVELOPMENT] ical server issue
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another data point:
https://ical.ietf.org/public.php/IAOC/finance

works fine...

On 9/11/2015 1:00 PM, Glen wrote:
> Here's an interesting data point:
>
> If I download the file at the
> https://ical.ietf.org/public.php/IAOC/calendar URL manually, and save
> it as an ICS file on my desktop, and then I "Import" that file into
> Google, the times display correctly.
>
> It is only if I ask Google to "subscribe" to the URL in live-feed mode
> that it seems to incorrectly compute the times.


>
> As there is no difference in the data flow or what is pulled (since
> the Calendar server sends everything via HTTP in the same way), I
> wonder if something in Google's subscription processor is tripping on
> something somewhere.
>
> That's not a solution - because you obviously want the live feed - but
> it does provide an additional point of validation, if you like, of the
> data.
>
> Glen
>
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> On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 9:52 AM, Glen <glen@amsl.com
> <mailto:glen@amsl.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Lou -
>
>     AMS (ietf-action@ietf.org <mailto:ietf-action@ietf.org>) would be
>     the correct place to report a problem with the calendar *server* -
>     for example, if the calendar server were down, or you couldn't get
>     access, or something like that.
>
>     But I confess I have no idea how or where to "report" the problem
>     you're encountering.
>
>     When I view the feed you mention, I see the meeting coded as:
>
>     DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150910T130000
>     DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150910T120000
>
>     So the calendar server appears to be delivering it correctly, as
>     you point out.
>
>     The question seems to be why Google calendar is misinterpreting
>     the coding here.
>
>     I also use Gogole calendar, and it is also misinterpreting the
>     coding for me.... but I cannot tell why, nor would I know to whom
>     that should be reported.
>
>     I welcome thoughts on this matter!
>
>     Glen
>     Glen Barney
>     IT Director
>     AMS (IETF Secretariat)
>
>
>
>     On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 7:52 AM, Lou Berger <lberger@labn.net
>     <mailto:lberger@labn.net>> wrote:
>
>         So what's the right way to report an issue with ical.ietf.org
>         <http://ical.ietf.org>?
>
>         I see an issue with a meeting from yesterday 9/10/15 on
>         https://ical.ietf.org/public.php/IAOC/calendar and it looks
>         like the
>         issues is also there for future meetings.
>
>         The meeting correctly shows in Thunderbird as occurring at
>         noon ET, but
>         on google calendar it shows at 10am ET.  Interesting, this has
>         not been
>         an issue for other calendars, e.g., finance.
>
>         Thanks,
>         Lou
>
>
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