[Tickets #11767] Kolab backend: All day events are not handled correctly

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/11767
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  Ticket             | 11767
  Created By         | Thomas Jarosch <thomas.jarosch at intra2net.com>
  Summary            | Kolab backend: All day events are not handled correctly
  Queue              | Kronolith
  Version            | Git master
  Type               | Bug
  State              | Unconfirmed
  Priority           | 2. Medium
  Milestone          |
  Patch              |
  Owners             |
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Thomas Jarosch <thomas.jarosch at intra2net.com> (2012-11-27 17:12) wrote:

Hi,

all day events are not handled correctly, at least  not according to  
the Kolab format specification.

The Kolab definition of all day events:
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<event>
     <start-date>(date or datetime)</start-date>
     <end-date>(date or datetime)</end-date>
</event>

-> So "start-date" and "end-date" allows "date" or "datetime" values.

Later on the format specification clarifies:
"An event without a time but with a date associated is a full day  
event. Such a full day event may span
over multiple days and may have recurrences."

The earlier section "Common in Tasks and Events" is even more specific:

"The start-date is optional for tasks. For events, it is required. If  
they are there, they can either have a date or a datetime as the type.  
Parsing this is just a matter of looking at the length of the date  
string. In the case of an all day event (floating event) the end-date  
MUST be in date only format."

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-> Right now kronolith saves all day events with a timestamp. Also it  
fails to parse all day events from other Kolab clients correctly. We  
should write out all day events with an "end-date" as "date" only.

Thomas