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I've tried several times to import NASCAR 2014 schedules into iCal but they don't show. Clicking the download link will initiate the download to iCal, and then iCal prompts me for a "calender" to store the events (which I select), and then nothing! Any clues would be much appreicated.
The file type in my downloads folder is: eventst.calendarDownload.ics
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9)
Hi Perry,
The calendar has been created using dates in a format that Calendar will not accept because they are not correct. If you open the file in a text editor you will see the dates are like this:
20130221T090000-0500These are presumably five hours behind UTC, but they should actually be either set as 'floating time' with no offset, UTC time ending in the letter 'Z' or they should relate to a timezone stated in the file. The specifications for the .ics file format specifically state they should not be in the format which has been used. See: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2445.txt section "4.3.5 Date-Time".
It is either possible to manually correct the file yourself, or you could let the nascar.com website people know and ask them to correct it.
Best wishes
John M
Hi Perry,
The calendar has been created using dates in a format that Calendar will not accept because they are not correct. If you open the file in a text editor you will see the dates are like this:
20130221T090000-0500These are presumably five hours behind UTC, but they should actually be either set as 'floating time' with no offset, UTC time ending in the letter 'Z' or they should relate to a timezone stated in the file. The specifications for the .ics file format specifically state they should not be in the format which has been used. See: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2445.txt section "4.3.5 Date-Time".
It is either possible to manually correct the file yourself, or you could let the nascar.com website people know and ask them to correct it.
Best wishes
John M
John, thanks for the solution! I will fix the .ics file manually by first converting it to a .txt file (just change the file extension) and then edit the date data to compy with the standard you supplied.
Thanks!
Perry
I'm glad it helped Perry.
Perry or John... could either of you be so kind as to post how exacty I can fix this issue? Would very much appreciate it.
Harry, I downloaded the 2014 Cup series schedule from NASCAR and then modified the .ics file myself as others suggested here. If you like, I can send you my modified iCal file.
I used Text Wrangler to do the editing on the iCal file (.ics). Text Wrangler is a free text editing application. It's been used by the Mac community for years.
I'll do the same process and for the Nationwide and Truck series schedules when I get around to it.
Would you be able to post a link for me to download it Perry? Just noticed there is no PM system here and don't like posting my email in the public forum. Anyway... your help is greatly appreciated and I was wondering since this is the first time messing with the calendar, if this is a Nascar error with the file not working or what?
Harry, click this link to my modified 2014 NASCAR Cup series calendar.
You are my hero! Worked like a charm man... thank you so much.
Perry,
Thanks very much for that link! I modified the names of the races to shorten them using TextEdit, but you did the real work.
Spookydude, glad you we're able to make use of the modified NASCAR Cup series calendar. Honestly, I blame NASACAR for not getting it right to begin with.
Here is the link to my modified 2014 NASCAR Nationwide series calendar.
Perry,
thanks for making my NASCAR experience even better.
Mike
You guys are great. Thank you very much for this!!
NASCAR 2014 schedules won't show in iCal
