Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
Calendar events showing on wrong day.
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I have noticed that some events (particularly those later in the day, or all day events) have been showing up a day late. I have tried adjusting the config options to absolute on the calendar module, as well as updating to the most recent develop version, however neither of these have fixed the issue. Has anyone else had run into this issue, or know how to fix it?
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@flyedge what time zone are you in and the calendar entry?
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@sdetweil both the Calendar, and my Magic mirror are on the Mountain/Edmonton time zone.
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@flyedge can u post one event from the ICS file… use the URL in the cal setting in a browser, it downloads the ics, which is just text
I want to see one
BEGIN:VEVENT ... END:VEVENT -
@sdetweil This event shows on the 22nd at 6pm rather than the 23rd. I do notice that for some reason the event shows as Vancouver time zone rather than Edmonton, perhaps that could be affecting something (even though it should only be 1 hour different…)
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201126T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201126T180000
RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;WKST=SU;BYMONTHDAY=23
DTSTAMP:20211118T181948Z
UID:55A45619-xxxxx-4425-xxxx-1EFBAFDC2DE0
CREATED:20201119T060211Z
DESCRIPTION:
LAST-MODIFIED:20201119T060211Z
LOCATION:
SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Test
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT -
@flyedge thanks… it seems a fix I put in early last year has been lost… trying to find out where…
the library (not ours) that does repeating events, expects the date/time to be local time, no timezone
we and the ics parse libraries expect the date/time to be utc time…
so, your cal entry
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201126T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201126T180000 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;WKST=SU;BYMONTHDAY=23is processed
Search for recurring events between: Thu Nov 18 2021 14:25:16 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time) and Thu Nov 17 2022 23:59:59 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)
Vancouver is -8, so 17+8-24 = 1 so utc time is next day +1
[18.11.2021 14:25.16.441] [DEBUG] Title: Test, with dates:
rrule returned dates[ "2021-11-23T01:00:00.000Z", next day +1.. except... the start day was 23, so this should be 24:1 (-8) = 23/17:00 so the luxon library didn't know about tz, and used the HOUR 1, as the repeating start time, on the 23rd.. "2021-12-23T01:00:00.000Z", "2022-01-23T01:00:00.000Z", "2022-02-23T01:00:00.000Z","2022-03-23T01:00:00.000Z","2022-04-23T01:00:00.000Z","2022-05-23T01:00:00.000Z","2022-06-23T01:00:00.000Z","2022-07-23T01:00:00.000Z","2022-08-23T01:00:00.000Z","2022-09-23T01:00:00.000Z","2022-10-23T01:00:00.000Z"]if u change your system tz to Vancouver it should come out correct…
to temp fix, try this
edit modules/default/calendar/calendarutils.js
there are two occurrences (approx line 348 and line 376) of this code
// if the timezones are the same, correct date if needed if (event.start.tz === moment.tz.guess()) { // if the date hour is less than the offset if (24 - dh <= Math.abs(dateoffset / 60)) { // apply the correction to the date/time back to right day date = new Date(date.getTime() + Math.abs(24 * 60) * 60000); // the duration was calculated way back at the top before we could correct the start time.. // fix it for this event entry //duration = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000; Log.debug("new recurring date2 is " + date); } }we need to comment out the test for same timezone, it has a block if code inside the {} so we need to comment out the
} at the end as well
change like this// if the timezones are the same, correct date if needed //if (event.start.tz === moment.tz.guess()) { <---- this line // if the date hour is less than the offset if (24 - dh <= Math.abs(dateoffset / 60)) { // apply the correction to the date/time back to right day date = new Date(date.getTime() + Math.abs(24 * 60) * 60000); // the duration was calculated way back at the top before we could correct the start time.. // fix it for this event entry //duration = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000; Log.debug("new recurring date2 is " + date); } //} <- --- this line -
@sdetweil okay, I went through and changed my original calendar to make sure all events were in the correct time zone, but I was able to make a test event that was the same as the example. If I am understanding correctly, you want me to add // immediately in front of the “if (event.start…” as well as the second set of brackets at the end, two lines down from the “Log.debug…” line, around about lines 348 and 376?
I did try this, both with the system time zone in Edmonton, and Vancouver. Both resulted in the event still displaying on the 22nd.
I may have misunderstood what you were asking though as I am very new to this, and have no previous experience with javascript, aside from what I have been able to learn in the last few weeks setting this up.One other aside, I have also noticed that all day events are being displayed correctly ahead of time, as well as day of- however the day after the event is scheduled it will remain, and display as an event scheduled that day. (example event will show in 2 days, 2 days ahead of time, ends in x hours on day of, but also shows ends in x hours 1 day after event was scheduled). Is this related to the same type of timezone issues as the original?
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@flyedge there are two instances of the if( and } that need to be commented out (//) right?
total of 4 lines (2 sets of 2)
1st one is for all day events
2nd one is for NOT full day events (which is what your event is , as it has time as well) -
Hey @sdetweil, I am experiencing the same issue and made the changes as you motioned, but now I am getting an error for the calendar module, and the module is not loaded, if I revert the module loads and work as expected, any ideas?
Config Change
} else { // if the timezones are the same, correct date if needed // if (event.start.tz === moment.tz.guess()) { // if the date hour is less than the offset if (24 - dh < Math.abs(dateoffset / 60)) { // apply the correction to the date/time back to right day date = new Date(date.getTime() + Math.abs(24 * 60) * 60000); // the duration was calculated way back at the top before we could correct the start time.. // fix it for this event entry //duration = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000; Log.debug("new recurring date2 is " + date); } // } } } else { // not full day, but luxon can still screw up the date on the rule processing // we need to correct the date to get back to the right event for if (dateoffset < 0) { // if the date hour is less than the offset if (dh < Math.abs(dateoffset / 60)) { // Reduce the time by the offset: // Apply the correction to the date/time to get it UTC relative date = new Date(date.getTime() - Math.abs(nowOffset) * 60000); // the duration was calculated way back at the top before we could correct the start time.. // fix it for this event entry //duration = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000; Log.debug("new recurring date1 is " + date); } } else { // if the timezones are the same, correct date if needed // if (event.start.tz === moment.tz.guess()) { // if the date hour is less than the offset if (24 - dh < Math.abs(dateoffset / 60)) { // apply the correction to the date/time back to right day date = new Date(date.getTime() + Math.abs(24 * 60) * 60000); // the duration was calculated way back at the top before we could correct the start time.. // fix it for this event entry //duration = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000; Log.debug("new recurring date2 is " + date); } // } } } startDate = moment(date); -
@coolie1101 said in Calendar events showing on wrong day.:
Config Change
you don’t change config, you are changing the module source code, right?
4 lines in 1 file
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@sdetweil Yes, \modules\default\calendar\calendarutils.js
I forgot to post the event in my previous post, see below.
BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20191113T100000Z DTEND:20191113T150000Z DTSTAMP:20211119T124216Z UID:6h0hrr7t2gr6qopi**********@google.com RECURRENCE-ID:20191112T100000Z CREATED:20211026T075843Z DESCRIPTION: LAST-MODIFIED:20211026T080254Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:1 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:YARD WASTE TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT -
@coolie1101 can us show me the messages where u start MM? (after doing the edit)
should include stuff like this
[18.11.2021 15:15.55.588] [LOG] Connecting socket for: updatenotification [18.11.2021 15:15.55.588] [LOG] Connecting socket for: calendar [18.11.2021 15:15.55.588] [LOG] Starting node helper for: calendar [18.11.2021 15:15.55.588] [LOG] Connecting socket for: newsfeed [18.11.2021 15:15.55.588] [LOG] Starting node helper for: newsfeed [18.11.2021 15:15.55.588] [LOG] Connecting socket for: MMM-Config [18.11.2021 15:15.55.588] [LOG] Starting module helper: MMM-Config [18.11.2021 15:15.55.588] [LOG] Sockets connected & modules started ... [18.11.2021 15:15.55.665] [LOG] Launching application. [18.11.2021 15:15.59.955] [LOG] Create new calendarfetcher for url: http://localhost:8090/modules/default/calendar/canada.ics - Interval: 300000 [18.11.2021 15:15.59.964] [LOG] Create new newsfetcher for url: https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml - Interval: 300000(if using pm2, stop instance first, pm2 stop all)
npm start >somefile.txtthen ctrl-c after MM shows cal info (if any, or error)
then examine somefile.txt
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@coolie1101 do you have the current version of the vevent? as that one expired in 2019, and has no repeating rule
but when I adjusted to this year and nov 21
BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20211121T100000Z DTEND:20211121T150000Z DTSTAMP:20211119T124216Z UID:6h0hrr7t2gr6qopifribble@google.com RECURRENCE-ID:20191112T100000Z CREATED:20211026T075843Z DESCRIPTION: LAST-MODIFIED:20211026T080254Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:1 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:YARD WASTE TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENTi see the right display
[19.11.2021 07:40.05.433] [DEBUG] startDate (local): Sun Nov 21 2021 04:00:00 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time) [19.11.2021 07:40.05.433] [DEBUG] endDate (local): Sun Nov 21 2021 09:00:00 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)as there is no timezone associated with that time. and I am CST
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@sdetweil Yes, see below.
BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210406T050000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210406T100000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;WKST=SU;UNTIL=20211230T045959Z;BYDAY=TU DTSTAMP:20211119T124216Z UID:0v89h5cit8nq6m************@google.com CREATED:20211026T075843Z DESCRIPTION: LAST-MODIFIED:20211026T080254Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:1 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:YARD WASTE TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENTI can share that calendar with you if it makes it easier for you to test.
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@coolie1101 said in Calendar events showing on wrong day.:
I can share that calendar with you if it makes it easier for you to test.
no, i just create an ics file… easy cut/paste
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@sdetweil said in Calendar events showing on wrong day.:
npm start >somefile.txt
What is this suppose to do?, seems something is missing from the command.
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@coolie1101 it directs the output of the command (npm start) to a file (somefile.txt)
this is normal file output redirection, same as on windows
the normal MM startup output looks like this
> magicmirror@2.17.1 start /home/sam/MagicMirror > DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js [19.11.2021 07:50.19.980] [LOG] Starting MagicMirror: v2.17.1 [19.11.2021 07:50.19.981] [LOG] Loading config ... [19.11.2021 07:50.19.982] [LOG] Loading module helpers ... [19.11.2021 07:50.19.982] [LOG] trying to load module=alert [19.11.2021 07:50.19.982] [LOG] No helper found for module: alert. [19.11.2021 07:50.19.982] [LOG] trying to load module=MMM-Tools [19.11.2021 07:50.19.999] [LOG] Initializing new module helper ... [19.11.2021 07:50.19.999] [LOG] Module helper loaded: MMM-Tools [19.11.2021 07:50.19.999] [LOG] trying to load module=updatenotification [19.11.2021 07:50.20.000] [LOG] Initializing new module helper ... [19.11.2021 07:50.20.000] [LOG] Module helper loaded: updatenotification [19.11.2021 07:50.20.000] [LOG] trying to load module=clocketc
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@coolie1101 after copying your new cal entry to ics, and running… it looks good to me…
(with the edited calendarutils.js) (I am central US time)this ics with the other persons info in too
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@sdetweil Maybe I’m executing it in the wrong order, do i need to “pm2 start mm” and then do “npm start >somefile.txt”? eitherway, there isn’t error log entries for calendar.
0|mm | [19.11.2021 08:55.52.292] [LOG] 0|mm | Create new calendarfetcher for url: http://www.calendarlabs.com/ical-calendar/ics/76/US_Holidays.ics - Interval: 900000 0|mm | [19.11.2021 08:55.52.362] [LOG] 0|mm | Create new calendarfetcher for url: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/p07n98go11onam************%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics - Interval: 900000 0|mm | [19.11.2021 08:55.52.434] [LOG] 0|mm | Create new calendarfetcher for url: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/olrn3c2sf2k023************%40group.calendar.google.com/private-7d055c9f2a8b6bbfe674************/basic.ics - Interval: 900000 0|mm | [19.11.2021 08:55.52.448] [LOG] 0|mm | Create new calendarfetcher for url: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/mvdgcjroualavv************%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics - Interval: 900000Calendar Display
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@coolie1101 you cant run with pm2 AND with npm start
so, thats why I said
pm2 stop allTHEN (in the MagicMirror folder)
npm start
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