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 <apers...@lbl.gov> >> 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
