PHP script making an ICS with weird time

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PHP script making an ICS with weird time

I have written a php script to pull mysql data and make an .ics file I can subscribe to. The file works, the calendar appears on my Mac's iCal. The problem is that the event time is 200000 and iCal shows it in the 3:00pm slot.

The .ics file event part looks like this:
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:PHP
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
X-WR-CALNAME:GameTime
BEGIN:VEVENT
SEQUENCE:1
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:00001005
DTSTART;TZID=US/Central:20090617T200000Z
DTSTAMP:20090606T151849Z
SUMMARY:1001 0 - 0 1007
CREATED:20090606T162737Z
DTEND;TZID=US/Central:20090617T200000Z
LOCATION:Field 2
END:VEVENT

My Mac is set to Dallas : US/Central.

It seems like a time zone issue. Is there something obvious I missed to make the times wrong?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.5), Nokia n810

Posted on Jun 6, 2009 12:36 PM

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Jun 6, 2009 1:45 PM in response to Lamen

Hi,

You are using the 'Z' addition to the time which indicates UTC (universal time code) as well as indication a time zone id (TZID=US/Central). UTC is 5 hours ahead of 'US/Central' time. See the iCalendar specification Date-Time section: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2445#section-4.3.5

Either drop the 'Z' or don't use the time zone. They should be mutually exclusive.

Best wishes

John M

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