# Calendar: ICS file missing timezone info!

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/calendar-ics-file-missing-timezone-info/309163
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** events
**Created:** [May 23, 2024, 1:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/calendar-ics-file-missing-timezone-info/309163 "2024-05-23T13:28:09Z")
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### Author: ![kelv](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/kelv/32/524739_2.png) [@kelv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kelv)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/calendar-ics-file-missing-timezone-info/309163/3 "2025-10-07T12:09:06Z")

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The `ics` file we generate follows the iCalendar spec. Specifically, [for Time](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5545#section-3.3.12), we generate UTC timestamps ([source code 1](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/361029ad4d96dc6cb2fa1d246a0083fc9313e7b0/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/download-calendar.js#L88-L90), [source code 2](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/ac554f1f60b95b403c1015899ffa384296cdef46/plugins/discourse-calendar/app/views/discourse_post_event/events/index.ics.erb#L7-L9)) suffixed with `Z` which adhere to the following:

```plaintext
FORM #2: UTC TIME

      UTC time, or absolute time, is identified by a LATIN CAPITAL
      LETTER Z suffix character, the UTC designator, appended to the
      time value. For example, the following represents 07:00 AM UTC:

       070000Z

      The "TZID" property parameter MUST NOT be applied to TIME
      properties whose time values are specified in UTC.

```

The other properties X-WR-TIMEZONE and X-LIC-LOCATION are not part of that spec.

Following on from that original topic in the OP, I see that others have noted in a [related topic](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/posting-every-7-days-i-guess-broken-ical-file/425676) that this problem is specific to godaddy’s calendar view. Perhaps it’s a problem with how it’s being handled in their adapter when importing ical files. Have you noticed this issue with other calendars?

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