MagicMirror2 Default Calendar module does not display reoccuring Monthly, or Weekly events with in your GMT window.

jbat66 · Dec 12, 2023, 9:26 PM

Platform [ Raspberry Pi 4 ]:

Node Version [ “version”: “2.25.0”, ]:

MagicMirror Version [ V2 ]:

Description:

MagicMirror2 Default Calendar module does not display reoccuring Monthly, or Weekly events with in your GMT window.
What I mean is that my GMT is -7, so any reoccuring Monthly, or Weekly event with a time of (midnight -7) aka 5:00pm my time does not get displayed on the day of the event.
Daily reoccuring events with times do not get affected.

Using Google Calendars with Secret address in iCal format.
I also tested Google Calendars with public address in iCal format.

I’m GMT -7

7 Hours before midnight is 5:00pm, and that is when reoccuring Monthly, and Weekly (but not daily) events break and do not show on MagicMirror

Here are my test results and how you can replicate the problem.

OK-Test weekly no time
OK-Test monthly - today - no time
OK-Test monthly - tomarrow - no time

OK-test monthly 12th at 4:45pm
OK-test-monthly 2ndtue 4:45pm
BAD-test monthly 12th at 5:15pm
BAD-test monthly 2ndtue at 5:15pm

OK-test weekly at 1100am
OK-test weekly at 1:00pm
OK-test weekly at 4:00pm
OK-test weekly at 4:45pm
BAD-test weekly at 5:00pm
BAD-test weekly at 5:15pm
BAD-test weekly at 6:00pm
BAD-test weekly at 11:00pm

OK-test daily at 4:45pm
OK-test daily at 5:00pm
OK-test daily at 5:15pm
OK-test daily at 11:00pm

OK-test monthly 12th at 4:45pm
OK-test-monthly 2ndtue 4:45pm
BAD-test monthly 12th at 5:15pm
BAD-test monthly 2ndtue at 5:15pm

Steps to Reproduce: Make a weekly repeating event 15 min (as an example) before your GMT -X time, and make another one 15 min after you GMT -X time. The one after will not display.

Expected Results: Repeading weekly or montly events that have a time in the future of today still show up until the time has past.

Actual Results: missing events

Configuration:

	{
		disabled: false,

// turn this one back on
module: “calendar”,
header: “Jim and Paula”,
position: “top_left”,
config: {
limitDays: 0, // Days to search into the future 0 is unlimited
maximumNumberOfDays: 7, // The maximum number of days in the future. You may have to restart MM for this to work.
maximumEntries: 10, // The maximum number of events shown.
timeFormat: “relative”, //Display event times as absolute dates, or relative time, or using absolute date headers with times for each event next to it (absolute, relative,)
getRelative: 0, // How much time (in hours) should be left until calendar events start getting relative? Possible values: 0 (events stay absolute) - 48 (48 hours before the event starts) Default value: 6
urgency: 7, // If timeFormat of absolute the urgency setting display events within a specific time frame as relative. a positive integer representing the number of days for which you want a relative date Default 6
nextDaysRelative: false, // If this is set to true, the appointments of today and tomorrow are displayed relatively, even if the timeformat is set to absolute.Default: false
fade: false,
fadePoint: 0.25,
maxTitleLength: 45, // The maximum title length.
wrapEvents: false, // Wrap event titles to multiple lines. Breaks lines at the length defined by maxTitleLength
maxTitleLines: 1, // The maximum number of lines a title will wrap vertically before being cut (Only enabled if wrapEvents is also enabled)
fetchInterval: 120000,
sliceMultiDayEvents: false, // If this is set to true, events exceeding at least one midnight will be sliced into separate events including a counter like (1/2). This is especially helpful in “dateheaders” mode.
tableClass: “small”, // Name of the classes issued from main.css. Possible values: xsmall, small, medium, large, xlarge.Default small.
customEvents: [{keyword: ‘Birthday’, symbol: ‘birthday-cake’, color: ‘Gold’}],
calendars: [
{
symbol: “gift”,
//maximumEntries: 1,
//maximumNumberOfDays: 7, // you have to restart MagicMirror for this to work
//url: “webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/ical-calendar/ics/76/US_Holidays.ics”
//url: “https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/en.usa%23holiday%40group.v.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics” //Holidays from Google
url: “https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/1111111111111111111111111111111111111111%40group.calendar.google.com/private-1111111111111111111111111111111/basic.ics” //Traditional Holidays from Jim
},
{
symbol: “calendar-check”,
//maximumEntries: 5,
//maximumNumberOfDays: 7, // you have to restart MagicMirror for this to work
url: “https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/ggggggg%40gmail.com/private-2222222222222222222222222222222222222/basic.ics” //Jims
},
{
symbol: “calendar-xmark”,
//maximumEntries: 2,
//maximumNumberOfDays: 7, // you have to restart MagicMirror for this to work
url: “https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/hhhhhhhhhhhhh%40gmail.com/private-3333333333333333333333333333333333/basic.ics” //Paulas
},
{
symbol: “building”,
//maximumEntries: 1,
//maximumNumberOfDays: 7, // you have to restart MagicMirror for this to work
url: “https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk%40group.calendar.google.com/private-444444444444444444444444444444444444/basic.ics” //Jims Work
}
]
}
},

sdetweil · Dec 12, 2023, 9:31 PM

@jbat66 please download one of your ics files

curl -sL url_to_calendar >somefile.txt

edit the file somefile.txt

find an event that you think didn’t display correctly

BEGIN VEVENT
..
..
..
END VEVENT

change the anything u don’t want to share, and post that event here

also tell me your timezone, (I am set to chicago, but live in texas)

we have a known problem with the calendar parser we use, that has some timezone offset problems… but I think there is a good fix coming Jan 1 on next release

jbat66 · Dec 12, 2023, 10:00 PM

@sdetweil I posted a reply, but it got rejected, let me try again.

jbat66 · Dec 12, 2023, 10:03 PM

@sdetweil
Howdy from Wyoming, I’m MDT GMT -7

This one works
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20231205T164500
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20231205T174500
RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;BYDAY=TU
DTSTAMP:20231212T213725Z
UID:ccccc
CREATED:20231212T213523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T213537Z
SEQUENCE:2
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:test weekly at 4:45pm
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT

Below doesn’t work
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20231205T171500
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20231205T181500
RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;BYDAY=TU
DTSTAMP:20231212T213725Z
UID:ccccccc
CREATED:20231212T213613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T213613Z
SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:test weekly at 5:15pm
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT

sdetweil · Dec 12, 2023, 10:04 PM

@jbat66 said in MagicMirror2 Default Calendar module does not display reoccuring Monthly, or Weekly events with in your GMT window.:

171500

yeh, 17+7=24 is a problem with the parser
16+7=23…

jbat66 · Dec 12, 2023, 10:07 PM

@sdetweil Thanks for the info. Do you think there is fix coming on next release, for this issue?

sdetweil · Dec 13, 2023, 3:28 AM

@jbat66 I think so, you can test it out

cd ~/MagicMirror
npm install node-ical@0.17.0

and restart MagicMirror

jbat66 · Dec 13, 2023, 3:28 AM

@sdetweil said in MagicMirror2 Default Calendar module does not display reoccuring Monthly, or Weekly events with in your GMT window.:

npm install node-ical@0.17.0

I tried it, but it made no difference. :-(

sdetweil · Dec 13, 2023, 3:29 AM

@jbat66 hm… i’ll test it tomorrow morning

sdetweil · Dec 13, 2023, 3:22 PM

@jbat66 do this

cd ~/MagicMirror
npm remove luxon

then rerun the tests… I have them both in the same ics

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20231205T171500
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20231205T181500
RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;BYDAY=TU
DTSTAMP:20231212T213725Z
UID:ccccccc
CREATED:20231212T213613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T213613Z
SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:test weekly at 5:15pm
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20231205T164500
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20231205T174500
RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;BYDAY=TU
DTSTAMP:20231212T213725Z
UID:ccccc
CREATED:20231212T213523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T213537Z
SEQUENCE:2
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:test weekly at 4:45pm
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR

I put that in the calendar module folder as testing.ics
set my TZ to denver

calendar url
url: “http://localhost:8080/modules/default/calendar/testing.ics”
make sure to check the port on your config.js