Re: [O] Export Agenda to Google Calendar ICS Format
hahaha *facepalm* yeah. Are you implying I read that incorrectly? Never! Okay. Fixed now and you are right. Apologies for misunderstanding, Arun; I set my timezone the way you mentioned and Google Calendar is friends again. Still, I suppose the code should be updated to standard now; it just won't be the same priority for me. - Tory Eric S Fraga writes: > On Tuesday, 6 May 2014 at 05:29, Tory S. Anderson wrote: >> Thanks for the response, Arun; but my problem isn't which time zone >> it's using, but the way it outputs it. As described at >> http://blog.jonudell.net/2011/10/17/x-wr-timezone-considered-harmful/, >> iCalendar outputs a X-WR-TIMEZONE parameter which is problematic; it >> should, instead, use BEGIN:VTIMEZONE. Anyone know any solutions? > > But I think you will find that Arun's solution works for Google > calendar, which is what you said you were trying to export to? I do the > same thing (although obviously for a different time zone) and I have no > problems with Google's calendar. > > In fact, the blog entry you point to highlights that the X-WR-TIMEZONE > information works for Google but not Hotmail.
Re: [O] Export Agenda to Google Calendar ICS Format
On Tuesday, 6 May 2014 at 05:29, Tory S. Anderson wrote: > Thanks for the response, Arun; but my problem isn't which time zone > it's using, but the way it outputs it. As described at > http://blog.jonudell.net/2011/10/17/x-wr-timezone-considered-harmful/, > iCalendar outputs a X-WR-TIMEZONE parameter which is problematic; it > should, instead, use BEGIN:VTIMEZONE. Anyone know any solutions? But I think you will find that Arun's solution works for Google calendar, which is what you said you were trying to export to? I do the same thing (although obviously for a different time zone) and I have no problems with Google's calendar. In fact, the blog entry you point to highlights that the X-WR-TIMEZONE information works for Google but not Hotmail. -- : Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 24.4.50.2, Org release_8.2.6-937-g60502a
Re: [O] Export Agenda to Google Calendar ICS Format (problem found)
I've located the problem: it is `org-icalendar-start-file` in org-icalendar.el. It specifically writes X-WR-TIMEZONE tags out when modern standards seem to require BEGIN:VTIMEZONE. When I have time I'll look at re-writing it, unless any of you wizards have already done this/can do it faster than an elisp newbie like myself. - Tory torys.ander...@gmail.com (Tory S. Anderson) writes: > Thanks for the response, Arun; but my problem isn't which time zone it's > using, but the way it outputs it. As described at > http://blog.jonudell.net/2011/10/17/x-wr-timezone-considered-harmful/, > iCalendar outputs a X-WR-TIMEZONE parameter which is problematic; it should, > instead, use BEGIN:VTIMEZONE. Anyone know any solutions? > > - Tory > > >> Date: Mon, 05 May 2014 15:11:25 -0700 >> From: Arun Persaud >> To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >> Subject: Re: [O] Export Agenda to Google Calendar ICS Format >> Message-ID: <53680c8d.6040...@lbl.gov> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> Hi >> >> On 05/05/2014 02:24 AM, Tory S. Anderson wrote: >>> Cross-posted from >>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23463962/emacs-export-calendar-bad-timezone-format-in-ics >>> >>> Using orgmode I export my agenda to an ics file, upload it to my site, and >>> import it into Google calendar. This seems like an easy ideal solution, but >>> when I check the calendar I find that it is not recognizing the time zone >>> of my ics file and so is assuming GMT, making my imported times uselessly >>> off. The problem seems to be the same as the one described here: >>> >>> http://blog.jonudell.net/2011/10/17/x-wr-timezone-considered-harmful/ >>> >>> Checking my exported ics, sure enough, it is using X-WR-TIMEZONE:EST, which >>> Google calendar does not respect. This must be a well-known problem, but I >>> haven't been able to locate a solution anywhere. Help would be appreciated: >>> how can I get the right time on my events (and they must be a feed; the >>> "add to calendar" trick is no good)? >> >> I have this in my .emacs file to set the timezone. >> >> (setq org-icalendar-timezone "America/Los_Angeles") >> >> HTH >> >> Arun
Re: [O] Export Agenda to Google Calendar ICS Format
Thanks for the response, Arun; but my problem isn't which time zone it's using, but the way it outputs it. As described at http://blog.jonudell.net/2011/10/17/x-wr-timezone-considered-harmful/, iCalendar outputs a X-WR-TIMEZONE parameter which is problematic; it should, instead, use BEGIN:VTIMEZONE. Anyone know any solutions? - Tory > Date: Mon, 05 May 2014 15:11:25 -0700 > From: Arun Persaud > To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > Subject: Re: [O] Export Agenda to Google Calendar ICS Format > Message-ID: <53680c8d.6040...@lbl.gov> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi > > On 05/05/2014 02:24 AM, Tory S. Anderson wrote: >> Cross-posted from >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23463962/emacs-export-calendar-bad-timezone-format-in-ics >> >> Using orgmode I export my agenda to an ics file, upload it to my site, and >> import it into Google calendar. This seems like an easy ideal solution, but >> when I check the calendar I find that it is not recognizing the time zone of >> my ics file and so is assuming GMT, making my imported times uselessly off. >> The problem seems to be the same as the one described here: >> >> http://blog.jonudell.net/2011/10/17/x-wr-timezone-considered-harmful/ >> >> Checking my exported ics, sure enough, it is using X-WR-TIMEZONE:EST, which >> Google calendar does not respect. This must be a well-known problem, but I >> haven't been able to locate a solution anywhere. Help would be appreciated: >> how can I get the right time on my events (and they must be a feed; the "add >> to calendar" trick is no good)? > > I have this in my .emacs file to set the timezone. > > (setq org-icalendar-timezone "America/Los_Angeles") > > HTH > > Arun
Re: [O] Export Agenda to Google Calendar ICS Format
Hi On 05/05/2014 02:24 AM, Tory S. Anderson wrote: > Cross-posted from > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23463962/emacs-export-calendar-bad-timezone-format-in-ics > > Using orgmode I export my agenda to an ics file, upload it to my site, and > import it into Google calendar. This seems like an easy ideal solution, but > when I check the calendar I find that it is not recognizing the time zone of > my ics file and so is assuming GMT, making my imported times uselessly off. > The problem seems to be the same as the one described here: > > http://blog.jonudell.net/2011/10/17/x-wr-timezone-considered-harmful/ > > Checking my exported ics, sure enough, it is using X-WR-TIMEZONE:EST, which > Google calendar does not respect. This must be a well-known problem, but I > haven't been able to locate a solution anywhere. Help would be appreciated: > how can I get the right time on my events (and they must be a feed; the "add > to calendar" trick is no good)? I have this in my .emacs file to set the timezone. (setq org-icalendar-timezone "America/Los_Angeles") HTH Arun
