[CalendarServer-users] Important: Unexpected recurrence instances returned

[Gaurav Jain]

I think I found the problem and solution. I was sending

 DTSTART:20171026T030000Z - as UTC time

But then I read

The "DTSTART <https://www.kanzaki.com/docs/ical/dtstart.html>" and "DTEND
<https://www.kanzaki.com/docs/ical/dtend.html>" property pair or "DTSTART
<https://www.kanzaki.com/docs/ical/dtstart.html>" and "
<https://www.kanzaki.com/docs/ical/duration.html>DURATION
<https://www.kanzaki.com/docs/ical/duration-t.html>" property pair,
specified within the iCalendar object defines the first instance of the
recurrence. When used with a recurrence rule, the "DTSTART
<https://www.kanzaki.com/docs/ical/dtstart.html>" and "DTEND
<https://www.kanzaki.com/docs/ical/dtend.html>" properties MUST be
specified in local time and the appropriate set of "VTIMEZONE
<https://www.kanzaki.com/docs/ical/vtimezone.html>" calendar components
MUST be included. For detail on the usage of the "VTIMEZONE
<https://www.kanzaki.com/docs/ical/vtimezone.html>" calendar component, see
the "VTIMEZONE <https://www.kanzaki.com/docs/ical/vtimezone.html>" calendar
component definition.

When I send DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171026T030000, it works.

I have a different question, is it necessary to send VTIMEZONE within the
iCalendar object  for recurrence to work?

After the above changes, it works even if there is no VTIMEZONE in
iCalendar object.




On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 6:53 AM, Cyrus Daboo <cdaboo at apple.com> wrote:

> Hi Gaurav,
>
> --On October 25, 2017 at 7:57:46 PM -0700 Gaurav Jain <
> monkeyfdude at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am trying to create an event that occurs every wednesday forever. I use
>> following RRULEs but I am getting different results.
>>
>> Both use cases had the same first DTSTART: 20171026T030000Z
>>
>> Case 1 (Correct/Expected):
>>
>> RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;WKST=SU
>>
>> RECURRENCE-ID:   20171102T030000Z, 20171109T030000Z, 20171116T030000Z,
>> 20171123T030000Z
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Case 2 (Off by 1 day):
>>
>> RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;BYDAY=WE;WKST=SU
>>
>> RECURRENCE-ID:   20171101T030000Z, 20171108T030000Z, 20171115T030000Z,
>> 20171122T030000Z
>>
>>
>> Please note the results in second case are off by 1 day.
>>
>> What could be wrong?
>>
>>
> Can you please attach the full iCalendar data for both these events - in
> particular the DTSTART value is crucial in determining how the RRULE
> operates.
>
> --
> Cyrus Daboo
>
>
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