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iCalendar is a widely-used data format for representing and exchanging calendaring and scheduling information independent of any particular calendar service or protocol.

iCalendar is a data format for representing and exchanging calendaring and scheduling information such as events, to-dos, journal entries, and free/busy information, independent of any particular calendar service or protocol.

Used and supported by many products, including , Apple's iCal and Microsoft .

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How is RFC 5545 different from RFC 2445

In native Android calendar app, RFC 2445 protocol is used to create .ics files. I found in some blogs that RFC 2445 is replaced with RFC 5545. Can anyone please tell me what are the extra features in RFC 5545 and how it is different from RFC 2445?
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URL scheme for opening native calendar with specific date

I have found the sample code to open calendar from my app, but i can't open at a specific date. NSString* launchUrl = @"calshow://"; [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString: launchUrl]]; Is there a way to add specific date…
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Icalendar ICS update not working in google calendar

I have some trouble with the ICS attachment to Gmail/Google calendar addresses. When I have to edit an event I send an update by mail with an ICS file with the same UID of the original event. However, GCalendar adds a second event. How can I…
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App Calendar Functionality No Longer working in ios 6

In the app I am currently developing there is interaction between the user and the users calendar, like what happens in many apps, very standard stuff. It was working fine until I upgrade to ios 6. I am now faced with the "This app does not have…
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Is there a Javascript iCalendar lib?

Is there an iCalendar library available for Javascript - parser or calendar object itself?
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How to update ICS calendar meeting?

I am trying to generate .ics files which I want to send as attachments to customers. For some reason, if meeting is rescheduled, it is not updated neither in google calendar nor in Calendar app on mac OS. Here is a meeting.ics with…
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How to send .ics calendar invite through SendGrid so that it renders in email clients?

I'm trying to send .ics calendar invites through SendGrid (from Node server) so that it renders in clients like Outlook or Gmail as an actual invitation (with accept/decline buttons) and not just as an attachment file. I've spent days researching…
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Sending Meeting Invitations With Python

I'm pretty new to Python and i'm trying to create a script which gathers data from our database and converts the data into sets. It then takes those sets of data and generates ICS (icalendar) objects (by using icalendar…
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What's the difference between Webcal and WebDAV/CalDAV?

As I understand it, CalDAV is an extension to WebDAV to manage iCalendar subscriptions. And Webcal is a URL scheme that does the same thing, but not standarized. I'm I right here? Whats the pros/cons for going either way?
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ICS (iCalendar) UID purpose and use

I'm creating a sync adapter towards ICS files in Java, and I have a problem recognizing the same events across new updates towards a remote file which is dynamically created. So I thought, great I can just use the UID, it turns out it's randomly…
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Parsing iCal feed with Python using icalendar

I'm trying to parse a feed with multiple events using the icalendar lib in python. 'summary' , 'description' and so on works fine, but for 'dtstart' and 'dtend' it's returning me: icalendar.prop.vDDDTypes object at 0x101be62d0 def calTest(): req…
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How to create an outlook calendar meeting request in PHP?

Can someone point me in the right direction? I know it has to do with attaching a .ics file, but I can only get it to the point where a user can download and then import the event into their outlook calendar? How can I programmatically create…
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Outlook Refresh Interval for iCal subscriptions (webcal://)

When Outlook 2007 and 2010 subscribe to an internet calendar (via a webcal:// link to an iCalendar or vCalendar file), how often do they auto-update? Is there a way to configure this, either in the file downloaded or in Outlook preferences? I know…
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How to publish a .ics file into an iPhone Calendar?

I’m trying to target iPhone users and I recently discovered about exportable .ics files as a method to add events/calendars. I have searched Internet for a while and I didn't find a good way to import .ics files into my local calendar on IPhone. The…
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force update/sync of subscribed (url) calendar in google calendar with google app script

I have a url of a calendar https://longurl.ics that I successfully subscribed into google calendar. My issue is that sometimes, it takes a few days to synchronize events from the url calendar to google. Is there a way to force the update with google…
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