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bug#33277: 25.1; icalendar-import-file incorrectly imports events with s
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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bug#33277: 25.1; icalendar-import-file incorrectly imports events with same start/end time |
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Wed, 10 Jul 2019 15:10:04 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Stefan van der Walt <stefanv@berkeley.edu> writes:
> When importing an ical file containing an event with the same start and
> end time, that event is converted to an all-day event.
[...]
> I import it using:
>
> (icalendar-import-file "/tmp/basic.ics" "/tmp/basic.diary")
>
> And in basic.diary see:
>
> 11/5/2018 event with same start/end time
But is that the same as an all-day event?
> Instead of:
>
> 11/5/2018 12:00-12:00
Yes, that would be more logical...
> The source code (icalendar.el) mentions the following:
>
> ;; Please note:
> ;; - Diary entries which have a start time but no end time are assumed to
> ;; last for one hour when they are exported.
>
> Still, then I would expect the diary entry to be:
>
> 11/5/2018 12:00-13:00
This seems to all be very inconsistent. I rarely use diary myself, but
what would users expect here? Exporting the event with 12:00-12:00
would be consistent, at least.
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