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The RFC defines iCalendar and has been obsoleted by RFC5545 (Internet Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification) on sept 2009.

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2445 obsoleted by http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5545

The RFC defines iCalendar and has been obsoleted by RFC5545 (Internet Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification) on sept 2009.

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How should I update an iCal RRULE when moving an appointment?

I'm switching my app's calendar from Telerik Scheduler to jQuery fullcalendar. I'm storing recurring events in the db using iCal RRULEs. The question is, when someone drags an event to a new date, how can I update the RRULE so each subsequent…
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Should a colon character be escaped in TEXT values in iCalendar (rfc2445)?

My understanding from reading the specification (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2445.txt) is that the ":" character should not be escaped in text values like DESCRIPTION. From the RFC: The "TEXT" property values may also contain special characters…
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Get outlook recurrence pattern of a event in iCal format using C#

I am developing a system which extract the outlook calendar data and save it on android device calendar. Up to now all other outlook data are extracted and saved successfully. Now I need to create recurrence rule (rrule). Because android device…
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QR Code for event that DTSTART is relative to today

Is it possible to create a QR Code that sets up an event in the calendar with a date that is relative to the date the code is scanned? Example: Scan code and 2 months from today, my phone shows an event or provides me with a reminder alert.
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iCal recurrence rules, how do i specify all days in one month, forever?

I was wondering how to do this, i thought that using FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=7; meant every year in july, so that the event happpened every day of july each year, instead it means that the event happens only on the day specified by the event, so if…
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Read recurring events Android 4.0+

I try to read recurring events on ICS, the startTime of the recurring events are ok, but the endTime is 0 (milliseconds). But just on the recurring events there is the duration not "null". I read on a test event the duration of "P9000S". It is in…
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How to have an iCalendar (RFC 2445) repeat YEARLY with duration

I have been unsuccessful in formulating a RRULE that would allow an event as shown below: Repeats YEARLY, from first Sunday of April to last day of May, occuring on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, until forever. FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=4;BYDAY=SU (gives…
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Rrule UNTIL in the past but still returning a value

I am using google-rfc2445 library (com.google.ical) to parse RRULE. In the test below the rrule UNTIL is set in the past (year 1999) and the dtStart is set as now. I am expecting 0 result but somehow getting 1 result which seems like the dtStart. I…
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RRule for semi-weekly events

I've been trying to figure out how to compose an RRULE that has events on alternating days each week; for example: Week A: Monday at 4pm Week B: Friday at 4pm Where Week A and Week B alternate continuously into the future. The closest I've gotten…
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Quartz.net RFC 2445 or RFC 5545 instead of CRON

We have a web server running in .NET which uses Quartz to schedule jobs. The triggers for the jobs are provided in RFC 2445 format, but Quartz uses the CRON format. I would now like to either A: Find a library which can convert my RFC 2445 rule to…
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4-4-5 accounting calendar in java

I have to use the 4-4-5 accounting calendar in java. I'm finding a way to have, given a specific date the current month, the corresponding accounting month. For example, for the year 2020 I will have this accounting months: 29-Dec 25-Jan 26-Jan …
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Trouble with RFC 5545 Recurrence by day

I'm seeing erroneous behavior with a by-day (e.g. every Tuesday and Thursday) recurrence pattern. Suppose I have an event starting on Thursday 3/12 at 9p (2100h) Pacific time and recurring every Tuesday and Thursday. Pacific time is UTC-0700, so…
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Biweekly/google-rfc-2445 RRule different behaviour based on start date

Different behaviour of RRULE based on start time : Hi, I am currently trying to write a cron to rrule convertor and encountered some issues with some particular rules. For the following rule :…
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Oracle PLSQL Recurrence Pattern RFC 2445

I have a requisite on which I need to convert a RFC 2445 Recurrence Pattern to Dates using PLSQL. Example: RRULE = FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=5;COUNT=10 From that rule, I need to write a table with the next 10 occurrences of that pattern. Something like…
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Is there an existing library or set of scripts to write recurring event strings for the Google Calendar API in Python?

I have a Python-based program that adds events to a Google Calendar. To add events that repeat, I need to specify a recurrent_data string that conforms to the RFC 2445 standard. An example is below, from…
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