Google ICS import with same start & end time spans to 2 days

[johnabs]

Hi,

When importing an iCal event with the same start and end time for the same day, it is treated as a multi-day event, that is the event spans to the next day for some reason. I tested the component even with Joomla 2.5.2 and JEvents 2.1.11.

I am using a custom module to import the ICal events from a desktop application and upload it to the calendar on a daily basis. I tried importing the events from Google, as Google allow us to create and import events with the same start and end date and time.

Also another thing I noticed. I created an event manually in JEvents with the same start and end time. Then iCal exported it from the front-end of the website. Now again when I re-imported it to JEvents, the event shows in two days.

Could you tell me if there is any way I could manage this from the admin or other ways to solve this issue. As I am getting the data extracted from some external source, I have got little control on that.

Really appreciate your hard work on this component.

Thank you very much for your support.

Attachments:
ICal file sample exported from Google and JEvents

icssamples.zip

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[Geraint]

What time of day does it start and end?

What timezone settings do you have for Joomla and JEvents

[johnabs]

Thank you for the quick reply.

The event start and end at 09:00 AM.

The time zone settings are as follows:
Joomla Admin->Configure->Server->Server Timezone : London
JEvents->Configuration->Component->Time zone for site: Europe/London
JEvents->Configuration->Ical Import/Export->Time zone for your server: Europe/London

Please note that our server (windows) located in a 1and1 server, I think it is in Germany. But the timezone on the server is set to London as well.

Thank you.

[neusuess]

I ve got the same problem for a couple of days. I import the events from csv to goole and from goole to jevents (as the version of jevents of the site laberlinesa.es does not allow csv import and updated crashed). I have done this procedure until two weeks ago without any problem. What could be the reason. Timezone is always Berlin.

Thanks a lot!

[Tonyp]

Hello,

Have you set the timezone in the Import configuration of Jevents and the Main Config as well as in Joomla!

Also, check your google calendar timezone.

[jasondean]

Has anyone solved this problem? I have almost the exact same issue. I'm importing an ICS from Pointstreak and the start and end dates and times are identical. The times all end in Z (which I would guess is for ZULU).

The Time Zone set in Jevents is set to America/New York.

Using Jevents 2.2.5 in Joomla 1.5.26 (and yes looking to update this to Joomla 2.5 soon).

[Tonyp]

Hello,

Check the timezone in your Joomla! install as well as the JEvents Config under component and import.

Regards
Tony

[jasondean]

Time Zone in Joomla/Server page is set to (UTC -05:00) Eastern Time (US& Canada), Bogota, Lima

JEvents Config/Component as well as Ical Import/Export Time Zone is set to America/New_York

Does the fact that they have slightly different wording have an effect?

[Tonyp]

And how far out are the events?

Regards
Tony

[jasondean]

There are 26 events in the ICS file. Here is the code from the start of the file and the first two events:

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BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//www.pointstreak.net
VERSION:1.0
METHOD:PUBLISH
BEGIN:VEVENT
ORGANIZER;CN=Pointstreak Locker Room:MAILTO:noreply@pointstreak.net
DTSTART:20121107T233000Z
DTEND:20121107T233000Z
LOCATION;LANGUAGE=en;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Ice Vault Arena - Ice Vault Rink
TRANSP:OPAQUE
SEQUENCE:0
UID:306153c76e05826bbf8fc521cb4b12b1
DTSTAMP:20121023T162000
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Game
DESCRIPTION;LANGUAGE=en;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Jersey Hitmen vs Connecticut
SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Jersey Hitmen vs Connecticut
PRIORITY:5
CLASS:PUBLIC
URL:http://www.pointstreak.net
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
ORGANIZER;CN=Pointstreak Locker Room:MAILTO:noreply@pointstreak.net
DTSTART:20121114T233000Z
DTEND:20121114T233000Z
LOCATION;LANGUAGE=en;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Ice Vault Arena - Ice Vault Rink
TRANSP:OPAQUE
SEQUENCE:0
UID:bf75876e341bb3bbcb319b18a0d13c30
DTSTAMP:20121023T162000
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Game
DESCRIPTION;LANGUAGE=en;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Jersey Hitmen vs NY AppleCore
SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Jersey Hitmen vs NY AppleCore
PRIORITY:5
CLASS:PUBLIC
URL:http://www.pointstreak.net
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT