[kronolith] kronolith problem (after changing current time zone)

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von gonzalez at rz.uni-leipzig.de:

> Hello,
>
> i have a little problem with kronolith.
>
> (My english is not the best, so i`ll try to describe the issue with  
> a example...)
>
> 1) i`ve created a new event with MS-Outlook 15:00 - 15:30 CEST
>
> METHOD:PUBLISH
> BEGIN:VEVENT
> DTSTART:20090512T130000Z
> DTEND:20090512T133000Z
> DTSTAMP:20090512T133620Z
>
> 2) i synchronize my Outlook calendar to kronolith
>    (with Funambol V 7.2.1; sync direction: Outlook -> Server)
>
> 3) When the current time zone in kronolith is set to (in this case)
> America/New York (EDT) kronolith gets the event correctly at 9:00 - 9:30 EDT
>
> METHOD:PUBLISH
> BEGIN:VEVENT
> DTSTART:20090512T130000Z
> DTEND:20090512T133000Z
> DTSTAMP:20090512T133840Z
>
> until here it is ok.
>
> When i now change the current time zone back to Europe/Berlin,
> the event keeps at 9:00 - 9:30 and the data in the export file
> (export format: iCalnedar) changes too
>
>
> METHOD:PUBLISH
> BEGIN:VEVENT
> DTSTART:20090512T070000Z
> DTEND:20090512T073000Z
> DTSTAMP:20090512T135750Z
>
> The result is that this event wont be shown at the original planed  
> time when i sync kronolith with a other pc (MS- Oultook) here in  
> germany.
>
>
> My question is now: Is this a BUG or not.

It's a limitation of the stable Kronolith version. All events are  
stored in the local time.
In Kronolith 3 all events will be stored in UTC by default, so  
switching timezones works there.

Jan.

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