[This is a small bug in icalendar.el. A simple fix is provided. Although tested on version 23.4, I checked the file icalendar.el hasn't changed in current developpement version (downloaded for bazaar repository on Sep 4th).] * bug description When importing an ics file into a diary file, date/times are not always correctly converted from UTC to local time zone. Example: let's import the provided mini.ics icalendar file, where dates are in UTC (trailing 'Z'), on a system using the Europe/Paris time zone. This time zone has a time 2 hours ahead of UTC during daylight saving and 1 hour ahead otherwise. The file contains two events, the first one is planned on november 12 2013, from 12:15 to 14:00 UTC, the second one is planned on september 12 2013, from 8:00 to 9:45 UTC. september 12 2013 is in daylight saving time period, while december 11 2013 is not. The generated diary file (provided as mini.diary) shows a 2 hours offset has been added to both events, while it should have added a single hour offset to the second one. It has been generated on september 7 2013, during daylight saving time period. Please note that my emacs uses the european date display style, so that september 12 2013 is written as 12/9/2013 in the diary file. * fix description The function icalendar--decode-isodatetime in calendar/icalendar.el calls (current-time-zone) to add current time zone offset when the ics time is UTC. However, the function is called without argument, meaning the returned offset is the one applying at the time of calling. It should be called with the (UTC) date/time of the converted date/time so that computed offset is the one in force at that precise date/time. The patch file icalendar.patch fixes the problem. File mini.diary-patched is the result of importing mini.ics with the patched icalendar.el file. * changelog Small change in icalendar--decode-isodatetime.
mini.ics
Description: example ics file
mini.diary
Description: diary from importing mini.ics (w/ bad time)
mini.diary-patched
Description: (correct) diary from importing mini.ics w/ patch applied
icalendar.patch
Description: patch
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