Re: group for help with .cal files

Nadegda <[email protected]>
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On Thu, 24 Mar 2022 13:47:57 -0400, bill wrote:

> On 3/23/2022 3:27 PM, Paul wrote:
>> On 3/23/2022 2:09 PM, bill wrote:
>>> Can anyone suggest a newsgroup to which I can turn for help in 
>>> writing an .ical (icalendar) file interpreter?
>>> Thanks,
>>> -bill
>> 
>> Wikipedia ?
>> 
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICalendar
>> 
>>     iCalendar
>> 
>>     Filename extension
>>     .ical, .ics, .ifb, .icalendar
>> 
>>     Type of format  Calendar data exchange
>>     Standard   RFC 5545  (Updated by: RFC 5546, RFC 6868, RFC 
>> 7529, RFC 7986)
>>     Open format?   Yes
>> 
>> Try opening with a text editor ?
>> 
>> And after that, maybe Linux has a library for it. Because
>> if there were any calendar programs, they might call a common
>> library or something.
>> 
>>     Paul
> 
> Thanks Paul.  I am writing an application that takes the .ical 
> file and displays the current week's appointments for a 
> cognitively impaired woman (a dynamic whiteboard of appointments).
> 
> I have everything working but the repetitive appointments and 
> despite having read the rfcs I can't figure out how to calculate 
> the dates.
> 
> I am writing in php.

Well, *there's* your mistake, right there. :P

> I really need someone who knows the .ical format to give me a hand.

I doubt there's a specific newsgroup for that, so your best bet would
likely be the comp.lang group for whichever language you switch to.

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