即使指定UTC时间,会议提醒(.ICS)电子邮件附件也不会考虑时区

问题描述:

我们有一个C#控制台应用程序,它会为本地事件发送注册确认电子邮件。 我只是添加了逻辑来附加.ICS日历约会提醒到电子邮件,指定UTC时间。即使指定UTC时间,会议提醒(.ICS)电子邮件附件也不会考虑时区

当用户收到电子邮件并将约会添加到他/她的日历中时,它应该适应当地PC的环境时间,但不会这样做。例如,在我的测试中,该活动是在圣地亚哥的上午11:30 - 下午1:00。 当我(在*时区)打开电子邮件附件并添加到日历时,它应该在下午1点30分到下午3点结束,但仍在11:30 - 1:00 PM之间。

我见过http://erics-notes.blogspot.com/2013/05/fixing-ics-time-zone.html建议添加VTIMEZONE块和时区参考DTSTART & DTEND(如“DTSTART; TZID =美洲/洛杉矶:20130602T130000”) 但在例如他不使用UTC时间。

The.ICS附件文件包含此;抱歉额外的换行符,但是当它们不在时,它会一起运行。指定 注意DTSTART & DTEND“Z”通用时代:

BEGIN:VCALENDAR 

PRODID:-//Save to my Calendar 

VERSION:2.0 

METHOD:PUBLISH 

BEGIN:VEVENT 

DTSTART:20170622T163000Z 

DTEND:20170622T180000Z 

DTSTAMP:20170718T134127Z 

UID:6f59cf3b-99b5-4935-8f7c-3cb4c2e7a53f 

CREATED:20170718T134127Z 

LAST-MODIFIED:20170718T134127Z 

X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<a href="http://mycompany.net/Events/12345">Party<a> 
DESCRIPTION:mycompany.net/Events/12345 
LOCATION:Restaurant name, 123 Elm, San Diego CA 

SEQUENCE:0 

STATUS:CONFIRMED 

SUMMARY:My company’s event 

END:VEVENT 

END:VCALENDAR 

我明白任何建议...谢谢!

我的代码...很不起眼,但请注意,我将开始&结束时间UTC:

private static Attachment CreateEventCalendarReminder(DataRow dr) 
    { 
     var sb = new StringBuilder(); 
     string nowUTCString = DateTime.Now.ToUniversalTime().ToString("yyyyMMddTHHmmssZ"); 

     sb.AppendLine("BEGIN:VCALENDAR"); 
     sb.AppendLine("PRODID:-//Save to my Calendar"); 
     sb.AppendLine("VERSION:2.0"); 
     sb.AppendLine("METHOD:PUBLISH");    
     //sb.AppendLine("TZ:+00"); 

     sb.AppendLine("BEGIN:VEVENT"); 
     sb.AppendLine("DTSTART:" + DateTime.Parse(dr["StartDate"].ToString()).ToUniversalTime().ToString("yyyyMMddTHHmmssZ")); 
     sb.AppendLine("DTEND:" + DateTime.Parse(dr["EndDate"].ToString()).ToUniversalTime().ToString("yyyyMMddTHHmmssZ")); 
     sb.AppendLine("DTSTAMP:" + nowUTCString); 
     sb.AppendLine("UID:" + Guid.NewGuid()); 
     sb.AppendLine("CREATED:" + nowUTCString); 
     sb.AppendLine("LAST-MODIFIED:" + nowUTCString); 


     sb.AppendLine("X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:" 
       + "Thank you for registering for our event. Click " 
       + (string)dr["EventDescHyperlink"] 
       + " DetermineWhichEmailsToSend view the event details. We look forward to seeing you Attachment the EventArgs and appreciate your support."); 

     sb.AppendLine("DESCRIPTION:" + (string)dr["EventDescURL"]); 
     sb.AppendLine("LOCATION:" + (string)dr["VenueCombinedInfo"]); 

     sb.AppendLine("SEQUENCE:0"); 
     sb.AppendLine("STATUS:CONFIRMED"); 
     sb.AppendLine("SUMMARY:" + "My Company" + (string)dr["OfficeName"] + " Event"); 
     sb.AppendLine("END:VEVENT"); 
     sb.AppendLine("END:VCALENDAR"); 

     var calendarBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(sb.ToString()); 
     MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(calendarBytes); 
     return new System.Net.Mail.Attachment(ms, "EventReminder.ics", "text/calendar"); 
    } 

你需要,你将使用UTC时间VEVENT之前在指定:

TZ:+00 

BEGIN:VEVENT