Bug#512340: kdepim: appointments (calendar) sent by ms exchange servers do not provide the right time due to timezone calculation problems

[jean robertson <jean.robertson@mcgill.ca>]

Package: kdepim
Version: 4:3.5.9-5
Severity: wishlist


Hello,

When receiving an appoint ment from an MS exchange server, kontact (or kmail) displays the wrong time in my message display box.

In the VCALENDAR entry, the exchange server sends in local time but prefaces 
the DTSTART line with a "timezone" spec.
The line looks like:
DTSTART;TZID=Eastern Standard Time:20090121T093000

This displays in kmail a meeting that starts at 14:30:00 ( not 9:30:00 EST)

This leads to confusion.

Thanks,

Jean

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_CA.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_CA.utf8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages kdepim depends on:
ii  akregator                     4:3.5.9-5  RSS feed aggregator for KDE
ii  kaddressbook                  4:3.5.9-5  KDE NG addressbook application
ii  kalarm                        4:3.5.9-5  KDE alarm message, command and ema
ii  kandy                         4:3.5.9-5  KDE mobile phone utility
ii  karm                          4:3.5.9-5  KDE time tracker tool
ii  kdepim-kfile-plugins          4:3.5.9-5  KDE File dialog plugins for palm a
ii  kdepim-kio-plugins            4:3.5.9-5  KDE pim I/O Slaves
ii  kdepim-kresources             4:3.5.9-5  KDE pim resource plugins
ii  kdepim-wizards                4:3.5.9-5  KDE server configuration wizards
ii  kitchensync                   4:3.5.9-5  Synchronization framework
ii  kleopatra                     4:3.5.9-5  KDE Certificate Manager
ii  kmail                         4:3.5.9-5  KDE Email client
ii  kmailcvt                      4:3.5.9-5  KDE KMail mail folder converter
ii  knode                         4:3.5.9-5  KDE news reader
ii  knotes                        4:3.5.9-5  KDE sticky notes
ii  konsolekalendar               4:3.5.9-5  KDE konsole personal organizer
ii  kontact                       4:3.5.9-5  KDE pim application
ii  korganizer                    4:3.5.9-5  KDE personal organizer
ii  korn                          4:3.5.9-5  KDE mail checker
ii  kpilot                        4:3.5.9-5  KDE Palm Pilot hot-sync tool
ii  ktnef                         4:3.5.9-5  KDE TNEF viewer
ii  libindex0                     4:3.5.9-5  KDE indexing library
ii  libkcal2b                     4:3.5.9-5  KDE calendaring library
ii  libkdepim1a                   4:3.5.9-5  KDE PIM library
ii  libkgantt0                    4:3.5.9-5  KDE gantt charting library
ii  libkleopatra1                 4:3.5.9-5  KDE GnuPG interface libraries
ii  libkpimexchange1              4:3.5.9-5  KDE PIM Exchange library
ii  libkpimidentities1            4:3.5.9-5  KDE PIM user identity information 
ii  libksieve0                    4:3.5.9-5  KDE mail/news message filtering li
ii  libktnef1                     4:3.5.9-5  Library for handling KTNEF email a
ii  libmimelib1c2a                4:3.5.9-5  KDE mime library
ii  networkstatus                 4:3.5.9-5  KDE network status monitor

kdepim recommends no packages.

Versions of packages kdepim suggests:
ii  kdepim-doc-html               4:3.5.9-5  KDE PIM documentation in HTML form

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