Comments on: Google Calender Button Generator http://www.nickstarr.com/2006/04/28/google-calender-button-generator/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:20:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: William macLachlainn http://www.nickstarr.com/2006/04/28/google-calender-button-generator/#comment-3875 William macLachlainn Mon, 01 May 2006 20:03:28 +0000 http://www.nickstarr.com/2006/04/28/google-calender-button-generator/#comment-3875 Might just be me, but the way the TZ functionality works seems counterintuitive, i.e. if I am scheduling an event, it would seem to me that I would put in the event in my time zone, and then the application would convert it to GMT/zulu time based on my TZ. In fact, it seems to do the opposite. I have an event scheduled to start at 0400 EDT, so I put that as the start time, and tell it that I am in the EDT TZ, which is GMT-4. I would have expected the button maker to therefore add four hours to the input time to come up the correct UTC time (0800Z), instead, it subtracted the four hours, putting the start time of the event at (0000Z). I've not clicked the button, but will Gcal somehow reverse this? Might just be me, but the way the TZ functionality works seems counterintuitive, i.e. if I am scheduling an event, it would seem to me that I would put in the event in my time zone, and then the application would convert it to GMT/zulu time based on my TZ.

In fact, it seems to do the opposite. I have an event scheduled to start at 0400 EDT, so I put that as the start time, and tell it that I am in the EDT TZ, which is GMT-4. I would have expected the button maker to therefore add four hours to the input time to come up the correct UTC time (0800Z), instead, it subtracted the four hours, putting the start time of the event at (0000Z).

I’ve not clicked the button, but will Gcal somehow reverse this?

]]> By: Rafael Montano http://www.nickstarr.com/2006/04/28/google-calender-button-generator/#comment-3647 Rafael Montano Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:47:09 +0000 http://www.nickstarr.com/2006/04/28/google-calender-button-generator/#comment-3647 I cant spell calender (I just wrote it wrong again...fixed sorry) I cant spell calender (I just wrote it wrong again…fixed sorry)

]]> By: Andrew http://www.nickstarr.com/2006/04/28/google-calender-button-generator/#comment-3645 Andrew Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:06:18 +0000 http://www.nickstarr.com/2006/04/28/google-calender-button-generator/#comment-3645 Schlick! Thanks for the good work, sir... In the code generated code, however, I received a quote mark instead of the img tag's closing slash. ( vs. ) Thanks Schlick! Thanks for the good work, sir…

In the code generated code, however, I received a quote mark instead of the img tag’s closing slash. ( vs. )

Thanks

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