[korganizer] [Bug 373988] KOrganiser time zone locked to UTC and not possible to change.

[Roman Fietze]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=373988

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[korganizer] [Bug 373988] KOrganiser time zone locked to UTC and not possible to change.

[droidSumit]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=373988

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--- Comment #16 from droidSumit  ---
I have same issue in KDE neon 16.04. 
korganizer 5.7.2

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[korganizer] [Bug 373988] KOrganiser time zone locked to UTC and not possible to change.

[Don Curtis]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=373988

--- Comment #15 from Don Curtis  ---
KOrganizer version 5.5.2:

Calender entries which are imported from an iCal file exported from KOrganizer
running on another machine are missing the following information in the
~/.local/share/korganizer// libkcal-x file:

BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Europe/Berlin *** for example . . . ***
END:VTIMEZONE

The libkcal-xxx file generated from the imported iCal file simply begin with a
"BEGIN:VEVENT" section and do not contain any time zone information for the
calendar event.

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[korganizer] [Bug 373988] KOrganiser time zone locked to UTC and not possible to change.

[Gerry Makaro aka Fraser_Bell]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=373988

--- Comment #14 from Gerry Makaro aka Fraser_Bell  ---
(In reply to Don Curtis from comment #11)
> Some comments to the issues around UTC and Linux and KDE:
> 

BTW:  At the top of this Bug report, add your vote to Importance.  You are
allowed to devote between 0 to 20 votes to this bug, depending on how important
you think it is.

I gave it 20 votes, so no one else has voted it up, yet.

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[korganizer] [Bug 373988] KOrganiser time zone locked to UTC and not possible to change.

[Gerry Makaro aka Fraser_Bell]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=373988

--- Comment #13 from Gerry Makaro aka Fraser_Bell  ---
(In reply to Gerry Makaro aka Fraser_Bell from comment #12)
> (In reply to Don Curtis from comment #11)
> > Some comments to the issues around UTC and Linux and KDE:
> > 
> > On the other hand, the time-of-day displayed for the event is always
> > correctly displayed as the correct local time (dependent on the machine's
> > time zone location setting -- system/BIOS clock is UTC) for when the event
> > shall occur.
> 
> ... or, is it?
> 
> In the Day view, in the Schedule window, on the left are the times.
> 
> At the top of that column, does it show your time zone?  Or, does it show it
> as UTC?
> 
> If UTC (as it does in my case), then although it seems to put the items at
> the "correct time", it is actually saying that schedule is UTC time.
> 
> ... and, in that case, the UTC time it is running under is actually
> incorrect by the same shift as your time zone.
> 
> It is interpreting Local time as UTC time.
> 
> This is not good, and can cause multiple problems.

However, this is apparently not in KDE's Plasma, this is happening to me in
Xfce.  It seems kOrganizer's problem is when it is in another Desktop, and
possibly when the full KDE desktop has not been installed.

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[korganizer] [Bug 373988] KOrganiser time zone locked to UTC and not possible to change.

[Gerry Makaro aka Fraser_Bell]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=373988

--- Comment #12 from Gerry Makaro aka Fraser_Bell  ---
(In reply to Don Curtis from comment #11)
> Some comments to the issues around UTC and Linux and KDE:
> 
> On the other hand, the time-of-day displayed for the event is always
> correctly displayed as the correct local time (dependent on the machine's
> time zone location setting -- system/BIOS clock is UTC) for when the event
> shall occur.

... or, is it?

In the Day view, in the Schedule window, on the left are the times.

At the top of that column, does it show your time zone?  Or, does it show it as
UTC?

If UTC (as it does in my case), then although it seems to put the items at the
"correct time", it is actually saying that schedule is UTC time.

... and, in that case, the UTC time it is running under is actually incorrect
by the same shift as your time zone.

It is interpreting Local time as UTC time.

This is not good, and can cause multiple problems.

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[korganizer] [Bug 373988] KOrganiser time zone locked to UTC and not possible to change.

[Don Curtis]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=373988

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--- Comment #11 from Don Curtis  ---
Some comments to the issues around UTC and Linux and KDE:

1. When KOrganizer exports an event or a to-do in iCal format, the scheduled
time of the event or to-do within the iCal file is a UTC timestamp -- this was
also the case with the KDE4 Plasma KOrganizer version.

2. A Linux system uses the time zone information located either in
'/usr/share/zoneinfo/' or '/usr/lib/zoneinfo' -- if this location is not
populated with time zone information files then, KDE will also not display a
complete list of possible time zones.

3. A quick check to see if KDE can present all possible time zones, is to check
in the "System Settings" -->> "Personalization" --"Regional Settings" section
to see if all possible time zones are being presented -- if only UTC is
available then, KOrganizer will also only present UTC as the only possible time
zone.



Yes, it seems that, KOrganizer Version 5.5.2 may have an issue with imported
iCal files in that, when editing an imported event (haven't yet tried an
imported to-do), the event editor seems to prefer UTC as the time zone to be
used.

On the other hand, the time-of-day displayed for the event is always correctly
displayed as the correct local time (dependent on the machine's time zone
location setting -- system/BIOS clock is UTC) for when the event shall occur.

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[korganizer] [Bug 373988] KOrganiser time zone locked to UTC and not possible to change.

[Gerry Makaro]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=373988

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--- Comment #10 from Gerry Makaro  ---
(In reply to Jochen from comment #7)
> I can't remove the UTC timezone from my calender. I can add others, I can
> remove the added ones, but not the UTC timezone. Every event in all my
> calenders now alert me an hour early. I use latest Arch with korganizer
> 16.12.1-1.

I also cannot remove UTC timezone from the calendar, the option to delete it is
greyed out.

I also can add other time zones, and can remove the ones I added, but cannot
remove the UTC time zone.

All appointments are shifted (7 or 8? not looking at the moment) hours when I
pull in an iCal that is successfully shared with kOrganizer (kde4 version) in
openSUSE Leap 42.2 and with kOrganizer (kde4 version again)in openSUSE 13.1.

The installed desktop on the working version (kOrganizer from kde4) in openSUSE
Leap 42.2 is Xfce, the kde desktop has not been installed, only the kde
dependencies requested by a few kde programs when they were installed.

The non-working version is the Plasma 5 version:  kOrganizer Version 5.5.2

It is in openSUSE Leap 42.3, again with the Xfce desktop installed and without
the kde desktop installed.

I think the problem is that kOrganizer does not pull in all the dependencies it
requires, instead depends on some elements or dependencies that are only
supplied if you install the kde desktop.

This appears to be an on-again, off-again problem going back years in
kOrganizer.

I would suggest to the Dev, if I could talk to that person, that kOrganizer
should have its own internal place to set the desired default time zone to
anything the User desires, instead of having it pick up things from the System
or the Desktop, which are broken from time to time.

I hope it is fixed soon.

In the meantime, I am using Lightning in Thunderbird, and it is doing a fine
job of sharing the ics file with kOrganizer kde4 version on the other machines.

I actually quite like the Lightning version.

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[korganizer] [Bug 373988] KOrganiser time zone locked to UTC and not possible to change.

[Jochen]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=373988

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--- Comment #9 from Jochen  ---
kcmshell5 workaround doensn't work for me, since there is no "formats" module
installed.

The problem persists. Also: I cant change the week beginning to Monday, instead
of Sunday.

Can only speak for Archlinux and version 17.04.0-1 (Should be git-master)

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[korganizer] [Bug 373988] KOrganiser time zone locked to UTC and not possible to change.

[Casey Bralla]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=373988

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--- Comment #8 from Casey Bralla  ---
Possible work-around.  (This worked for me when KOrganizer would not start the
week on Sunday, as is normal in the USA.  Instead it started week on Monday and
showed all times in military 24:00 format).

Open text session (ie: Konsole) and type "kcmshell5 formats".  This will open a
new window to set the proper localization.  For some reason KOrganizer is not
using the localization from KDE settings.   If you set them here, however, they
are retained and KOrganizer can see them.

Good luck!

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[korganizer] [Bug 373988] KOrganiser time zone locked to UTC and not possible to change.

[Jochen]

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--- Comment #7 from Jochen  ---
I can't remove the UTC timezone from my calender. I can add others, I can
remove the added ones, but not the UTC timezone. Every event in all my
calenders now alert me an hour early. I use latest Arch with korganizer
16.12.1-1.

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[korganizer] [Bug 373988] KOrganiser time zone locked to UTC and not possible to change.

[Luís]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=373988

--- Comment #6 from Luís  ---
I was able to nail down the process to configure the Evolution Calendar. It is
a bit tricky with the dummy e-mail but then works perfectly:

http://askubuntu.com/a/879716/177437

Right now this is the best solution to this bug.

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[korganizer] [Bug 373988] KOrganiser time zone locked to UTC and not possible to change.

[Luís]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=373988

--- Comment #5 from Luís  ---
Hi again.

Yesterday I was able to get the Evolution calendar working. I am not sure how,
and have not yet managed to replicate the procedure, but for now no more
KOrganiser for me.

I doubt this bug is only down to a missing file. If that is the case then this
file should be included in the package.

Cheers.

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[korganizer] [Bug 373988] KOrganiser time zone locked to UTC and not possible to change.

[tim]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=373988

--- Comment #4 from tim  ---
I got it fixed with installing kde-desktop - now everything works like a charme
and i can select different timezones. It seems like when i installed Korganizer
in an ubuntu / unity enviroment there was a lack of the kde timezone file

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[korganizer] [Bug 373988] KOrganiser time zone locked to UTC and not possible to change.

[Luís]

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--- Comment #3 from Luís  ---
No, there is no solution to this. It seems that KOrganiser is programmed to use
exclusively UTC.

I am searching for an alternative to KOrganiser, if I find one I shall post it
here.

Cheers.

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[korganizer] [Bug 373988] KOrganiser time zone locked to UTC and not possible to change.

[tim]

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--- Comment #2 from tim  ---
Hello Luis did you find a solution for this ?
Iam still struggeling with this problem and cant use Korganizer :(

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[korganizer] [Bug 373988] KOrganiser time zone locked to UTC and not possible to change.

[tim]

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--- Comment #1 from tim  ---
I have exactly the same Problem on Ubuntu 16.10

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