Using a Windows computer, click 'Add to Calendar' on a event in a UTDK site and select the 'Outlook' format.

Problem 2 - Incorrect time display after import into Outlook for Windows

Should receive an error message that says 'Sorry we couldn’t import some of your file(s).

Confirm 'Import' in the 'Add Event' dialog.

Drag the download event.ics file onto the Outlook icon in the Dock.Using a Mac, click 'Add to Calendar' on a event in a UTDK site and select the 'Outlook' format.Steps to reproduce Problem 1 - Failure to import into Outlook for Mac Some fail to import, with an undefined error (Outlook for Mac).Some import with a one hour offset on the time, due to missing daylight savings time definition (Outlook for Windows).Some import with no problem (Google Calendar, Outlook Web Access).ics downloads by the addtocal_augment contrib module is missing the required DTSTART attribute on the STANDARD sub-component, as shown in this example: BEGIN:VTIMEZONEĭifferent calendar clients respond differently when attempting to import an ics file with this malformed VTIMEZONE component. Per that spec, the VTIMEZONE calendar component currently being generated for. In addition, a 'VTIMEZONE' calendar component, referred to by a recurring calendar component, MUST provide valid time zone information for all recurrence instances. The 'STANDARD' or 'DAYLIGHT' sub-component MUST include the 'DTSTART', 'TZOFFSETFROM', and 'TZOFFSETTO' properties.Īn individual 'VTIMEZONE' calendar component MUST be specified for each unique 'TZID' parameter value specified in the iCalendar object.

The 'VTIMEZONE' calendar component MUST include the 'TZID' property and at least one definition of a 'STANDARD' or 'DAYLIGHT' sub-component. The iCalendar spec describes the required VTIMEZONE calendar component. ics files generated from events and imported into Outlook for Windows are imported with a start and end time one hour later than the actual event ics files generated from events cannot be imported into the latest version of Outlook for Mac NOTE: Both of the following problems have been confirmed to originate from the same root cause:

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