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The Object ::calendar::ical provides the methods for importing and exporting single or multiple calendar items in the ical format (see rfc 2445). Currently only the part of ical is implemented, which is used by the mozilla calendar (Sunbird, or Lightning for Thunderbird).

Author:

Gustaf Neumann

Defined in packages/xotcl-core/tcl/01-debug-procs.tcl

Class Relations

• class: ::nx::Object

Methods (to be applied on the object)

• clock_to_iso (scripted, public)

   xo::ical clock_to_iso seconds

  Convert clock epoch (result from [clock seconds]) into ISO format

  Parameters:

  seconds (required, integer)

  Testcases:

  No testcase defined.

• clock_to_local_day (scripted, public)

   xo::ical clock_to_local_day seconds

  Convert clock epoch (result from [clock seconds]) to local day (YearMonthDay)

  Parameters:

  seconds (required, integer)

  Testcases:

  No testcase defined.

• clock_to_oacstime (scripted, public)

   xo::ical clock_to_oacstime seconds

  Convert clock epoch (result from [clock seconds]) into time format usually used in OpenACS.

  Parameters:

  seconds (required, integer)

  Testcases:

  No testcase defined.

• clock_to_utc (scripted, public)

   xo::ical clock_to_utc seconds

  Convert clock epoch (result from [clock seconds]) into UTC time.

  Parameters:

  seconds (required, integer)

  Testcases:

  No testcase defined.

• date_time_to_clock (scripted, public)

   xo::ical date_time_to_clock date time utc

  Convert separate fields date and time with boolean utc flags into clock value in seconds.

  Parameters:

  date (required)

  time (required)

  utc (required)

  Testcases:

  No testcase defined.

• dates_valid_p (scripted, public)

   xo::ical dates_valid_p -start_date start_date  -end_date end_date 

  A sanity check that the start time is before the end time. This is a rewrite of calendar::item::dates_valid_p, but about 100 times faster.

  Switches:

  -start_date (required)

  -end_date (required)

  Testcases:

  No testcase defined.

• ical_to_text (scripted, public)

   xo::ical ical_to_text text

  Transform the escaped ical text format to plain text

  Parameters:

  text (required)

  Testcases:

  No testcase defined.

• reflow_content_line (scripted, public)

   xo::ical reflow_content_line text

  Perform line folding: According to RFC 5545 section 3.1, SHOULD NOT be longer than 75 octets, excluding the line break. https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5545.txt

  Parameters:

  text (required)

  Testcases:

  No testcase defined.

• tcl_time_to_local_day (scripted, public)

   xo::ical tcl_time_to_local_day time

  Convert Tcl time stamp into local day format https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5545#section-3.3.4

  Parameters:

  time (required)

  Testcases:

  No testcase defined.

• tcl_time_to_utc (scripted, public)

   xo::ical tcl_time_to_utc time

  Convert Tcl time stamp to UTC.

  Parameters:

  time (required)

  Testcases:

  No testcase defined.

• text_to_ical (scripted, public)

   xo::ical text_to_ical [ -remove_tags on|off ] text

  Transform arbitrary text to the escaped ical text format (see rfc 2445)

  Switches:

  -remove_tags (optional, boolean, defaults to "false")

  Parameters:

  text (required)

  Testcases:

  No testcase defined.

• utc_to_clock (scripted, public)

   xo::ical utc_to_clock utc_time

  Convert UTC time to clock seconds.

  Parameters:

  utc_time (required)

  Testcases:

  No testcase defined.

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