Comments on: Apple iCal / Microsoft Exchange fix for Leopard

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:41:25 +0000

You’re a legend!

I’ve also been looking for a solution to this problem for some time and then came across a link to this post from the Apple support forums.

Finally, I can kick Entourage and get back to iCal. Thanks dude =)

By: Peter O'Hanlon

Peter O'Hanlon — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:14:25 +0000

This script is great! Solved the problem for me, after hours of trying to get through to Apple support with nobody answering and the iStore with the answer that “The Mac can’t talk to Microsoft Outlook”.

Thanks again.

By: David

David — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:34:43 +0000

Justin - you are DA MAN!

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:37:05 +0000

Hi there,
I’ve tried my best to sort this out by I’m afraid I’ll be needing a little help.
Here’s the info as it appears in the invites :
DTSTART;TZID=Korea Standard Time:20081003T113000

I sent myself an invite from iCal but the format isn’t as would be expected. I get :
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081003

I believe it should be something like :
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:XXXXXXXXXXX

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again !

By: Andy_Fragen

Andy_Fragen — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:43:11 +0000

Annette, see comment #54.

By: Annette

Annette — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:55:06 +0000

Hi there,
I really tried to work out what I was supposed to do here but three hours later I have given up!
Please help!!

Incorrect time on incoming calendar
DTSTART;TZID=E. Australia Standard Time:20080922T110000
DTEND;TZID=E. Australia Standard Time:20080922T120000

Time displayed in my calendar
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20080929T150000

By: Atul

Atul — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:04:30 +0000

Thanks it works for me.

By: Andy_Fragen

Andy_Fragen — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:15:15 +0000

Atul, you may also want to see if my script will work for you. Can’t make any promises.

By: Andy_Fragen

Andy_Fragen — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:59:00 +0000

Atul, that is the most seriously screwed up TZID I’ve ever seen. You should complain to whomever runs the Exchange server to shorten it/fix it.

By: Atul

Atul — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:52:21 +0000

hey Justin, thanks for the script. I was able to replace only first instance but not the other two due to line breaks can you please help.

(GMT+05.30) Calcutta/Chennai/Mumbai/New Delhi/India Standard Time
“(GMT+05.30) Calcutta/Chennai/Mumbai/New Delhi/India Standard
Time”
(GMT+05.30) Calcutta/Chennai/Mumbai/New Delhi/India Standard Ti
me”
perl -pi -e ’s/$GMT\+05\.30$\ Calcutta\/Chennai\/Mumbai\/New Delhi\/India Standard Time/Asia\/Calcutta/g’ $ICSFILE

By: iCal to Exchange before Snow Leopard | Tongfamily.com

iCal to Exchange before Snow Leopard | Tongfamily.com — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:36:08 +0000

[...] are real issues like Justin point out. Exchange uses non-standard time formats like (GMT+02.00) Harare/Pretoria whereas Apple [...]

By: Anna

Anna — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:59:26 +0000

I just bot a new Mac. I just registered but when logging in the mac address does not recognize me. I have been working with best buy and apple store. I still have not resolved the problem. I may have to return the machine since I cannot get an email address. I really want the mac but seems no one can help me. What can I do?

By: Justin Hartman

Justin Hartman — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:46:18 +0000

Hi Guys. I've just released version 1.2 of this script. More details can be found over here:
http://justinhartman.com/2008/08/28/apple-ical-...

By: Apple iCal / Microsoft Exchange fix version 1.2 released by Justin Hartman

Apple iCal / Microsoft Exchange fix version 1.2 released by Justin Hartman — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:48:26 +0000

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By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:24:05 +0000

The iCal error reported is caused by a missing “exit 0″ line at the end of the fix_timezone.sh script.

By: Andy_Fragen

Andy_Fragen — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:27:12 +0000

Dan, I may have found a fix for my script not working properly for new emails.

By: Andy_Fragen

Andy_Fragen — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:55:58 +0000

In deference to Justin, I'm sure some of these comments are becoming quite confusing. The changing references between his scripts and mine. It might be better to move the discussion of my script over to my script's page.

Dan, I'm happy to try and work with you or anyone else in getting my script to function as you'd expect it to.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:39:48 +0000

ok - I used the script file in the post 5 above this. But It actually doesn't seem t work properly for new emails. It does work but only when I tell mail to Apply the rules to that message after it has arrived.

So Now I am trying to use Justin's original fix - but the reg-ex part is not my game - I need help

DTSTART;TZID=”(GMT+10.00) Brisbane/East Australia”:20080812T120000

That is my servers timezone.
Cheers.

By: Andy_Fragen

Andy_Fragen — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:27:12 +0000

Dan, I may have found a fix for my script not working properly for new emails.

By: Andy_Fragen

Andy_Fragen — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:55:58 +0000

In deference to Justin, I’m sure some of these comments are becoming quite confusing. The changing references between his scripts and mine. It might be better to move the discussion of my script over to my script’s page.

Dan, I’m happy to try and work with you or anyone else in getting my script to function as you’d expect it to.