Why does my iCal event import as UTC instead of the specified time zone?

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                          I've created an iCal feed for a calendar on a website. The date/time in the markup is correct but when I try to subscribe to it, all the times are offset -5 hours, which is the same as the time zone offset. Here's an example with a single event:

    BEGIN:VCALENDAR
    VERSION:2.0
    PRODID:-//Expo Center//NONSGML Agenda v1.0//EN
    CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
    METHOD:PUBLISH
    X-WR-CALNAME:Expo Center Events
    X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago
    BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
    TZID:America/Chicago
    BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
    TZNAME:CDT
    TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
    TZOFFSETTO:-0500
    DTSTART:19700308T020000
    RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3
    END:DAYLIGHT
    BEGIN:STANDARD
    TZNAME:CST
    TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
    TZOFFSETTO:-0600
    DTSTART:19701101T020000
    RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11
    END:STANDARD
    END:VTIMEZONE
    BEGIN:VEVENT
    UID:485779@Expo Center
    DTSTAMP:20240823T154906
    DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241003T100000
    DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241003T173000
    SUMMARY:Original Sewing and Quilt Show 
    DESCRIPTION:
    URL:https://www.sewingexpo.com/Events/Nashville-TN 
    LOCATION:Entire Building
    END:VEVENT
    END:VCALENDAR

The time specified here, 10:00AM, is correct but after importing it becomes 5:00AM. What am I doing wrong?
                        

Asked by dev_willis (121 rep)

Oct 4, 2024, 05:00 PM

Why does my iCal event import as UTC instead of the specified time zone?

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