Import Excel Schedules to iCal

If you make a comma-separated values file, you can use an Applescript such as the sample below to import them.

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<pre style="font-family: 'Monaco', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; overflow:auto; color: #222; background: #DDD; padding: 0.2em; font-size: 10px; width:400px">--Convert CSV file to iCal events
--Prompts for file, then processes
--expects date,start time,end time,event name,xxxx,calendar name
--eg 12/01/2006,20:30,22:00,Water Committee,,TestCal
--change the various text item ns if data order in a file line is different
--blank lines skipped
--if other data present (eg location, notes ...) add a line in the tell calendar Calno loop
--to include it eg set location to text item 5 of ThisLine
set OldDelimiters to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set LF to ASCII character 10
set theFile to choose file with prompt "Select CSV calendar file"
set theLines to read theFile
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {LF}
set theLines to paragraphs of theLines
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {","}
repeat with ThisLine in theLines
if (count of ThisLine) > 0 then --ignore blanks
set StartDate to date (text item 1 of ThisLine & " " & text item 2 of ThisLine)
set EndDate to date (text item 1 of ThisLine & " " & text item 3 of ThisLine)
set CalName to word 1 of text item 6 of ThisLine
tell application "iCal"
set CalList to title of every calendar
if CalName is in CalList then
repeat with CalNo from 1 to count of CalList
if CalName is item CalNo of CalList then exit repeat
end repeat
else
set NewOne to make new calendar at end of calendars with properties {title:CalName}
set CalNo to 1 + (count of CalList)
end if
tell calendar CalNo
set newItem to make new event at end of events with properties {start date:StartDate}
set summary of newItem to text item 4 of ThisLine
set end date of newItem to EndDate
end tell --calendar
end tell --iCal
end if
end repeat
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to OldDelimiters</pre>