1.2. Should a VCALENDAR
object contain whole VTIMEZONE
objects or reference to a time zone?
Here are some arguments for having a whole VTIMEZONE
object inside a VCALENDAR
object instead of just a reference to an external time zone definition:
1.2.1.
Including the VTIMEZONE
data in the VCALENDAR
object makes the entity self contained and very portable.
1.2.2.
An application with only offline viewing capabilities does not have to worry about keeping a time zone database if all the VCALENDAR
objects contain the necessary time zone information.