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Inspiring
July 26, 2019
Question

cfexchangecalendar changing timezone on recurring events

  • July 26, 2019
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Hello,

I am not sure if this is a bug or if I am not using the tag correctly. The following occurs in ColdFusion 2018 release.

If I setup a new event with cfexchangecalendar, using the following event parameters, the timezone changes to (UTC+00:00) Monrovia, Reykjavik (and the event time is therefore incorrect):

<cfset local.event.Message = "Event Message">

<cfset local.event.Subject = "Event Subject">

<cfset local.event.AllDayEvent = "no">

<cfset local.event.StartTime = createDateTime(2019, 7, 26, 0, 0, 0)>

<cfset local.event.EndTime = createDateTime(2019, 7, 27, 0, 0, 0)>

<cfset local.event.IsRecurring = "yes">

<cfset local.event.RecurrenceType = "WEEKLY">

<cfset local.event.RecurrenceEndDate = createDateTime(2019, 12, 31, 0, 0, 0)>

<cfset local.event.RecurrenceDays = "MON">

Any assistance would be appreciated.

Thank you,

Robert

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2 replies

Legend
August 19, 2019

We saw the same behavior on all events...not just recurring...after updating to CF2018.  Everything switched to UTC time.

Did you post a bug to Adobe?  I will vote it up, if so.

Inspiring
August 19, 2019

Yes, the bug post can be found here:

https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/CF-4204933

BKBK
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 27, 2019

Does this help?

<cfset local.event.StartTime = dateConvert("utc2local", createDateTime(2019, 7, 26, 0, 0, 0))>

<cfset local.event.EndTime = dateConvert("utc2local", createDateTime(2019, 7, 27, 0, 0, 0))>

<cfset local.event.RecurrenceEndDate = dateConvert("utc2local", createDateTime(2019, 12, 31, 0, 0, 0))>

Inspiring
July 30, 2019

That was a really good suggestion, but unfortunately, the result is the same. The time gets changed to UTC 0 even though I pass all time events through the dateConvert "utc2local" function.

It is odd, because if I do not set a recurring event everything is ok. As soon as I specify that it is a recurring event, the times get changed.

BKBK
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 4, 2019

If the function dateConvert("utc2local", dateObj) isn't working as expected, then there is probably a bug. You should report it in Tracker

In the meantime, let's look for a workaround.