[horde] Can't add Outlook meeting request to Kronolith

[Simon Brereton]

On 9 January 2013 16:42, Brent <impuser at bitrealm.com> wrote:
>
> Quoting Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:
>
>> Quoting Oscar del Rio <delrio at mie.utoronto.ca>:
>>
>>> On 01/ 8/13 03:07 PM, Michael M Slusarz wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "W. Europe Standard Time" is not a valid timezone, as the error message
>>>> indicates.
>>>
>>>
>>> Similar error when accepting event invitations from Exchange users but
>>> with "Eastern Standard Time" here.
>>>
>>> HORDE: [ID 702911 user.emerg] [kronolith] DateTimeZone::__construct():
>>> Unknown or bad timezone (Eastern Standard Time) on line 285 of
>>> "/var/php/5.3/pear/Horde/Date.php"
>>
>>
>> That also isn't a valid POSIX/GNU C-ish timezone (a/k/a from the
>> tz/zoneinfo DB: http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm).
>>
>> These are the only timezones supported by PHP and, for that matter, most
>> software: http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php
>>
>> It *appears* that these are Windows tzid's, which are not supported.
>> Someone will need to write conversion software to map to a valid TZ.  See,
>> e.g.,
>> http://unicode.org/repos/cldr-tmp/trunk/diff/supplemental/zone_tzid.html
>>
>
>
> I THOUGHT it worked at one point, but now it doesn't.  I am getting the
> timezone error.  The TZID is being set by the remote Exchange server and
> not being handled by Horde.  Same calendar event works to gmail/yahoo,
> but Horde complains:
>
> Unknown or bad timezone (Pacific Standard Time)
>
>
> So, three parts are mime-encoded in the Calendar request sent from Outlook
> though an Exchange server.  There is a .calendar file, a .html file, and a
> plain file.
>
>
> The calendar request has:
>
> BEGIN:VCALENDAR
> METHOD:REQUEST
> PRODID:Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
> VERSION:2.0
> BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
> TZID:Pacific Standard Time
> BEGIN:STANDARD
> DTSTART:16010101T020000
> TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
> TZOFFSETTO:-0800
> RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11
> END:STANDARD
> BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
> DTSTART:16010101T020000
> TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
> TZOFFSETTO:-0700
> RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3
> END:DAYLIGHT
> END:VTIMEZONE
>
>
>
>
> The .html component has:
>
> <div>When: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 4:00 PM-4:30 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific
> Time(US & Canada).</div>
>
> The plain part that has:
>
> When: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 4:00 PM-4:30 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time
> (US & Canada).
>
>
>
> Seems like Kronolith is reading the calendar part of the attachment and
> balks on the the TZID included by Exchange.


I don't have an exchange account to test this, but it appears to be
working for me in Horde4/Imp5 - including sending the reply.

Simon