Comments on: iCal - Exchange Time Zone Fix - Chapter 2 http://thefragens.com/blog/2008/08/ical-exchange-time-zone-fix-chapter-2/ My time out of the operating room. Thu, 10 May 2012 02:25:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Andy http://thefragens.com/blog/2008/08/ical-exchange-time-zone-fix-chapter-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1157 Andy Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:22:02 +0000 http://thefragens.com/blog/?p=524#comment-1157 <p>Tim, can you redirect one of the invites to me so I can see what's up? Send to andy@thefragens.com</p> <p>I won't be able to get to it for a week or so though.</p> Tim, can you redirect one of the invites to me so I can see what’s up? Send to andy@thefragens.com

I won’t be able to get to it for a week or so though.

]]> By: Tim http://thefragens.com/blog/2008/08/ical-exchange-time-zone-fix-chapter-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1156 Tim Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:51:11 +0000 http://thefragens.com/blog/?p=524#comment-1156 <p>Hi Andy,</p> <p>Hoped that your site & script might solve my problem - but no joy yet.</p> <p>Basically, I have no issues with timezones - except when the exchange server calendar invite is recurring. </p> <p>Example : a weekly recurring invite from Exchange 2007 in iCal gives me - an event at the correct time - an event 24 hours later (incorrect) - every subsequent event is 7 days after the second incorrect event!</p> <p>SO if you wanted to make a regular monday morning appt, I would get the first 1 ok, then 1 on Tuesday, and then one again on every subsequent Tuesday.</p> <p>The invite itself when it hits my inbox has no .ics file, its encoded in base64 as a multi-part e-mail, and nothing I can do will fix it (including your excellent script).</p> <p>Worse - hours of googling haven't turned up a viable solution.</p> <p>Help ! Any ideas very much appreciated...</p> Hi Andy,

Hoped that your site & script might solve my problem - but no joy yet.

Basically, I have no issues with timezones - except when the exchange server calendar invite is recurring.

Example : a weekly recurring invite from Exchange 2007 in iCal gives me - an event at the correct time - an event 24 hours later (incorrect) - every subsequent event is 7 days after the second incorrect event!

SO if you wanted to make a regular monday morning appt, I would get the first 1 ok, then 1 on Tuesday, and then one again on every subsequent Tuesday.

The invite itself when it hits my inbox has no .ics file, its encoded in base64 as a multi-part e-mail, and nothing I can do will fix it (including your excellent script).

Worse - hours of googling haven’t turned up a viable solution.

Help ! Any ideas very much appreciated…

]]> By: Surgical Diversions » iCal – Exchange Time Zone Fix http://thefragens.com/blog/2008/08/ical-exchange-time-zone-fix-chapter-2/comment-page-1/#comment-727 Surgical Diversions » iCal – Exchange Time Zone Fix Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:34:40 +0000 http://thefragens.com/blog/?p=524#comment-727 <p>[...] I re-wrote the script making it better and more versatile. Please go to it’s new post home. [...]</p> […] I re-wrote the script making it better and more versatile. Please go to it’s new post home. […]

]]> By: Surgical Diversions » iCal - Exchange Time Zone Fix - Chapter 3 http://thefragens.com/blog/2008/08/ical-exchange-time-zone-fix-chapter-2/comment-page-1/#comment-601 Surgical Diversions » iCal - Exchange Time Zone Fix - Chapter 3 Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:42:33 +0000 http://thefragens.com/blog/?p=524#comment-601 <p>[...] updated the iCal-Invite-Fix script again. This time to allow for adding multiple Exchange servers to the script so that you should [...]</p> […] updated the iCal-Invite-Fix script again. This time to allow for adding multiple Exchange servers to the script so that you should […]

]]> By: Andy http://thefragens.com/blog/2008/08/ical-exchange-time-zone-fix-chapter-2/comment-page-1/#comment-600 Andy Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:30:00 +0000 http://thefragens.com/blog/?p=524#comment-600 <p>The script has been updated to allow for multiple Exchange servers using a single script. Re-read the instructions. It comes at a slightly more complex set-up.</p> The script has been updated to allow for multiple Exchange servers using a single script. Re-read the instructions. It comes at a slightly more complex set-up.

]]> By: Andy http://thefragens.com/blog/2008/08/ical-exchange-time-zone-fix-chapter-2/comment-page-1/#comment-596 Andy Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:51:11 +0000 http://thefragens.com/blog/?p=524#comment-596 <p>The script has been updated again. This time to allow for an unattended import of the <code>METHOD:PUBLISH</code> invite. I'm pretty sure the invites all get imported to the first local calendar you have. In my case it's the <em>Work</em> calendar.</p> The script has been updated again. This time to allow for an unattended import of the METHOD:PUBLISH invite. I’m pretty sure the invites all get imported to the first local calendar you have. In my case it’s the Work calendar.

]]> By: Andy http://thefragens.com/blog/2008/08/ical-exchange-time-zone-fix-chapter-2/comment-page-1/#comment-576 Andy Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:18:15 +0000 http://thefragens.com/blog/?p=524#comment-576 <p>Guy, I don't think you can import the invites into a CalDAV share. It doesn't work for me here either. All of mine get imported into my local calendar as well. I look at this as a limitation of iCal.</p> <p>I just synch this local calendar to my iPhone too. ;-)</p> Guy, I don’t think you can import the invites into a CalDAV share. It doesn’t work for me here either. All of mine get imported into my local calendar as well. I look at this as a limitation of iCal.

I just synch this local calendar to my iPhone too. ;-)

]]> By: Guy Barton http://thefragens.com/blog/2008/08/ical-exchange-time-zone-fix-chapter-2/comment-page-1/#comment-575 Guy Barton Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:58:12 +0000 http://thefragens.com/blog/?p=524#comment-575 <p>Hi Andy,</p> <p>In what way should I format the Calendar name to get it to save it to my CalDAV calendar? I have a calendar called "Work" on the CalDAV share, but the script still saves to the local "Work" calendar instead.</p> <p>Thanks again.</p> Hi Andy,

In what way should I format the Calendar name to get it to save it to my CalDAV calendar? I have a calendar called “Work” on the CalDAV share, but the script still saves to the local “Work” calendar instead.

Thanks again.

]]> By: Andy http://thefragens.com/blog/2008/08/ical-exchange-time-zone-fix-chapter-2/comment-page-1/#comment-573 Andy Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:23:27 +0000 http://thefragens.com/blog/?p=524#comment-573 <p>C-</p> <p>Unfortunately you can only correct the Exchange Server's timezone so that it will work correctly with iCal. But each Exchange Server that you must deal with should be in a fixed location. To solve your particular problem you will need multiple copies of the iCal-Invite-Fix script.</p> <p>What you will need to do is have one copy of the script for each Exchange Server. Make the corrections for that Exchange Server in the script and then rename the script to reflect the location. Then a new Mail rule for each script that changes the following:</p> <p><code>If</code> <strong>all</strong> <code>the following criteria are met:</code></p> <ul> <li>Attachment name ends with ".ics"</li> <li>From equals <code>Exchange Server</code></li> </ul> <p><code>then</code></p> <ul> <li>Run the AppleScript</li> </ul> <p>Something like that should work and you'd only have to set it up once for each Exchange Server. Unfortunately we can only work with the files we get. Trying to get your Exchange Server admin to do something it likely very difficult.</p> C-

Unfortunately you can only correct the Exchange Server’s timezone so that it will work correctly with iCal. But each Exchange Server that you must deal with should be in a fixed location. To solve your particular problem you will need multiple copies of the iCal-Invite-Fix script.

What you will need to do is have one copy of the script for each Exchange Server. Make the corrections for that Exchange Server in the script and then rename the script to reflect the location. Then a new Mail rule for each script that changes the following:

If all the following criteria are met:

  • Attachment name ends with “.ics”
  • From equals Exchange Server

then

  • Run the AppleScript

Something like that should work and you’d only have to set it up once for each Exchange Server. Unfortunately we can only work with the files we get. Trying to get your Exchange Server admin to do something it likely very difficult.

]]> By: C http://thefragens.com/blog/2008/08/ical-exchange-time-zone-fix-chapter-2/comment-page-1/#comment-572 C Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:41:08 +0000 http://thefragens.com/blog/?p=524#comment-572 <p>Hi there,</p> <p>I am receiving invites from various time zones as I am a consultant and travel a lot. Is there a way to make the Exchange Server timezone dynamic or to read it from the invite so that I don't have to change it (which wouldn't be practical as I often don't know what timezone their server would be in)?</p> <p>Many thanks!</p> <p>C.</p> Hi there,

I am receiving invites from various time zones as I am a consultant and travel a lot. Is there a way to make the Exchange Server timezone dynamic or to read it from the invite so that I don’t have to change it (which wouldn’t be practical as I often don’t know what timezone their server would be in)?

Many thanks!

C.

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