Bug#418959: iceape-calendar: ics files that use "local time" are loaded using UTC instead

[Paul Tyler]

Package: iceape-calendar
Version: 1.0.8-4
Severity: important


When an ics file containing a "local time" (as defined in RFC 2445,
section 4.3.5), it is loaded as though the time is in UTC. This occurs
whether imported or loaded through WebDAV.  This causes a difference in
the time displayed, the difference being the difference between local
time and UTC.  For example, I'm at +10 UTC, so an entry at 16:35 on the
12th of April appears at 2:35 on the 13th of April (10 hours later).
Below is a sample .ics file that displays the problem.


BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION
 :2.0
PRODID
 :-//Mozilla.org/NONSGML Mozilla Calendar V1.0//EN
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID
 :9bc479ba-1dd1-11b2-a08f-841084cc1b08
SUMMARY
 :test
DESCRIPTION
 :test of local time cal file
STATUS
 :TENTATIVE
CLASS
 :PRIVATE
DTSTART
 :20070412T163500
DTEND
 :20070412T173500
DTSTAMP
 :20070411T063340Z
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.20.4_20070327
Locale: LANG=en_AU, LC_CTYPE=en_AU (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages iceape-calendar depends on:
ii  iceape-browser              1.0.8-4      Iceape Navigator (Internet browser
ii  libc6                       2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcc1                     1:4.1.1-21   GCC support library
ii  libstdc++6                  4.1.1-21     The GNU Standard C++ Library v3

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