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  • iCalendar Recurrence Problems and Recommendations

2. Recurrence Issues with iTIP

There are some ambiguities in iCalendar that have led some implementers to interpret the same iCalendar stream in very different ways. This difference in interpretation has lead to low interoperability of some of the features of recurrences.

  • 2.1.  How should recurrence modifications be handled?
  • 2.2.  When should the ADD method be used?
  • 2.3.  How should the scheduling of an unbounded rule be solved?
  • 2.4.  Can unbounded rules be truncated?
  • 2.5.  How should calendar objects occurring during a daylight time change be handled?
  • 2.6.  If an event is set to repeat on the 31st of each month, what do you do in months with fewer than 31 days?
  • 2.7.  How do we create a rule that excludes weekends and holidays?