Questions tagged [rfc2445]

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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What the difference between iCal4j/biweekly and google-rfc-2445?

Right now I'm using google-rfc-2445 library to evaluate recurring events, and generate actual dates, for example to know when will occur event defined by following RRULE: RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;BYDAY=MO,TU,WE,TH,FR;BYSETPOS=-1 I'm using biweekly library…
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How to format date-time for RFC2445 in PHP

I am working on Google Calendar API using its PHP library and I need to set a recurring event for which I have to create a RRule string which should be of following format: RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20110701T170000Z I am unable to create the date in…
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rfc2445, how to store all day events?

I'm creating a calendar application which should be complaint with rfc-2445 specification. I've had a few issue with the All Day events here but now it has been resolved, you can see the SO question here but it forced me to ask the following…
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rfc 2445, rfc 5545 vs rrule.js, should DTSTART be counted as a first occurence or shouldn't?

Recently I began to work with google-rfc-2445 library and met a same problem as SO user Art Zaborskiy here: Start date returns in some cases when using google-rfc-2445 (iCalendar) After SO user oberron pointed to specification in him answer here,…
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java.text.parse Exception using google-rfc-2445 library

I am using the google-rfc-2445 library to determine the next meeting days for meeting that I pull from a user's calendar on their android device. The an example format for the recurrence rule I get back is…
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canceling a published event in Lotus Notes calendar (icalendar)

I'm trying to create, change and cancel a published event in the Lotus Notes calendar. I've created ics files that create, change, and cancel events in Outlook successfully. However, that ics for the Cancel Event bombs in Lotus Notes. Secondly, I…
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how to represent an icalendar recurring event with different start/end times?

I'm studying RFC 2445 but having some trouble understanding how to represent a recurring event with a pattern something like this: every Monday from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm and every Thursday from 10:00 am to 11:00 am. Is this possible? If so, could you…
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google ical issue in calculating recurring events dates

The issue got for the following…
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android calendar event yearly repeating recurrence rule

I'm trying to add event in the calendar programatically. I want the event to repeat yearly, every first Monday in February for example. The rule I'm using is this: FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1MO;BYMONTH=2;INTERVAL=1;COUNT=11; The problem is: if I create the…
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Searching for an iCalendar recurrence format that works across devices

I am looking for a way to represent recurrence in iCalendar that works in Google Calendar, Android and iOS. I am working with a timetabling system where weekly recurrence is very common but the patterns of recurrence are not always regular. Here…
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Example for Recurrence-OnlyOnWeeks using google calendar?

I'm pretty new to Google-Apps-Script. Could you give an example how to use Calendar > Recurrence > onlyOnWeeks I want to create a daily event, but only in three specific weeks. My solution does not to work correctly. Daily events are creating but…
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How format date into BYDAY (iCalendar specification)

I need to create RRULE string with BYDAY parameter, from my date value. Is there any natural way to do it? I wrote this utility code for this purpose: import calendar fweek_fday, mdays = calendar.monthrange(date.year, date.month) # Get weekday of…
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iCalendar RFC 2445 Section 4.1 Content Folding

I am creating a simple iCalendar using C# and found that the Content Folding per Section 4.1 of RFC 2445 to be quite a headache (for me :-). http://www.apps.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2445.html#sec-4.1 For long lines, you are to escape some characters…
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iCalendar (RFC5545) recurrence rule for year

How can I make an event occur every year for some selected days, Like starting 45 days then skip 15 days, then select 30 days then skip 30 days, then select 30 days then skip 30 days, then select 30 days then skip 30 days,then select 30 days then…
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publishing iCalendar event in case of multiple calendars of the same user

I work on a java app that creates and keeps track of various events and these events are to be published in the person's calendar. The application sends messsages in iCalendar format via email (iTIP/iMIP, not calDav), more precisely I intend to…
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