Title: ICS Time format export
Last modified: April 3, 2017

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# ICS Time format export

 *  Resolved [maxwaldorf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxwaldorf/)
 * (@maxwaldorf)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ics-time-format-export/)
 * Hello,
 * Trying to export to outlook.com the .ics format, I would like to suggest to use
   Zulu time instead of Country/City format for event times.
 * Import fails if not in format like:
 * DTSTART:19970714T170000Z
    DTEND:19970715T035959Z
 * Can you please consider making this modification?
 * Cheers

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 *  [Barry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barryhughes-1/)
 * (@barryhughes-1)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ics-time-format-export/#post-9048570)
 * Hi [@maxwaldorf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxwaldorf/),
 * We could certainly consider it. What are the specific problems you are facing
   at the moment, with the current format?
 *  Thread Starter [maxwaldorf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxwaldorf/)
 * (@maxwaldorf)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ics-time-format-export/#post-9048628)
 * Hi,
 * In fact after a couple import failures in outlook.com, I came to realize that
   the time stamp format is not supported by the website if not in Zulu format…
 * Thus, the xport format had to be transformed from :
 * DTSTART;TZID=UTC+0:20170507T180000
    DTEND;TZID=UTC+0:20170507T210000
 * to
 * DTSTART:20170507T180000Z
    DTEND:20170507T210000Z
 * In fact, the TZID is clearly not supported by outlook.com
 * Cheers
 *  [Barry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barryhughes-1/)
 * (@barryhughes-1)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ics-time-format-export/#post-9089193)
 * Interesting. I do have a couple more questions, if you can help:
    - Are you using the Outlook _desktop_ application – which version if so?
    - If you set WordPress (or individual events) to use a named timezone –
       such
      as Europe/London, rather than GMT or UTC offsets such as UTC+0 – does it import
      correctly then?
 * Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [maxwaldorf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxwaldorf/)
 * (@maxwaldorf)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ics-time-format-export/#post-9091682)
 * Hi,
 * Here are my answers:
 * 1) No I am using the outlook.com website version…
 * 2) I am currently using Europe/paris timezone in WP general settings.
 * Hope that can help.
 * Cheers
 *  [Barry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barryhughes-1/)
 * (@barryhughes-1)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ics-time-format-export/#post-9096108)
 * And the events themselves aren’t explicitly set to UTC+0? That’s odd. Any chance
   you could share a link to your calendar?
 *  Thread Starter [maxwaldorf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxwaldorf/)
 * (@maxwaldorf)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ics-time-format-export/#post-9096352)
 * Hi!
 * Sure the link is: [https://www.falcon-lounge.com/event/falcon-lounge-flight-may-2017/](https://www.falcon-lounge.com/event/falcon-lounge-flight-may-2017/)
 * My understanding is that outlook.com doesn’t like the: ;TZID=UTC+0 part of the
   ics…
 * Cheers

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