170721 - UTC event times are not converted into local times

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 188095

(Calendar :: General, defect)

Description

[David Waring]

I have subscribed to an ics file containing UTC times for events, these have not
been converted into the local timezone (BST) for display in the calendar.

ie
DTSTART:20020925T183000Z
should display as 25-Sep-2002 19:30:00 BST, however the event is being displayed
at 18:30:00 on the calendar, this is incorrect.

Comment 1

[Mike Potter]

->Mostafa

Comment 2

[Mostafa Hosseini]

This cannot be properly fixed until we are able to span events over multiple
days because an event in UTC may span over two days in local time So I'm adding
dependancy on the bug that takes care of that issue.( Bug 133331 ).

Comment 3

[Alan Schmidt]

I am on a RedHat linux box.  I find that if I close and re-open the Calendar
window, events will then display as I expect.

HOWEVER, after opening the Calendar window, opening the MailNews window now
shows all dates in UTC.

Re-launching Mozilla resets everything (MailNews displays dates properly until
the Calendar is opened--Calendar must be opened twice to display events in local
time).

Comment 4

[hacker formerly known as [e-mail]]

I see this on OSX as well.  I thought it was related to my Jaguar update but I
guess not.

Comment 5

[XandreX]

duplicate of 188095 (which title is more explicit) ?
"Z on the end of time stamp ignored. time zone misinterpreted"
<http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=188095>

Comment 6

[Mostafa Hosseini]

Resolving as duplicate of bug 188095 which got fixed today.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 188095 ***

Comment 7

[Reed Loden [:reed]]

The bugspam monkeys have been set free and are feeding on Calendar :: General. Be afraid for your sanity!