Subject: RDATEs in VTIMEZONEs

From: Damon Chaplin <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 15:56:02 -0400

I'm still unsure of which type of time is supposed to be used for
RDATEs in VTIMEZONEs.

In RFC2445, pg 64 it says:

   Alternatively, the "RDATE" property can be used to define the onset
   of the observance by giving the individual onset date and times.
   "RDATE" in this usage MUST be specified as a local DATE-TIME value in
   UTC time.

Yet the example just below has:

     DTSTART:19971026T020000
     RDATE:19971026T020000

Here the RDATE is not a UTC time - it doesn't have a 'Z'.
It looks like a local 'wall clock' time, like DTSTART.

So which is it - local time or UTC? I'd prefer local time, as that
keeps it the same as the DTSTART and RRULE times.

(What does Outlook use?)

Damon