New ZC Variables for the iCAL Feed

New ZC Variables for the iCAL Feed

I have tested various popular services that support ical subscriptions by url: Google Calendar, ZOHO Calendar, Famundo, PHP iCalendar, and k5n Webcalendar. Google, ZOHO and PHP iCalendar adjust the displayed events based on a selected timezone. Famundo and Webcalendar take the timezone from the ical's feed. All services use the original Creator view name for naming the calendar.

For greater compatibility, I'm proposing two new ZC variables for the construction of the ical's url. 
  • ZC_timezone overrides the default UTC value for X-WR-TIMEZONE
  • ZC_calname overrides the default view name for X-WR-CALNAME
The ZC_timezone corresponding to X-WR-TIMEZONE variable has some options ZOHO would need to define. The ical specifications says it can be UTC or US/Pacific formats.

These changes will really improve the situation!

Thanks,
John M. Whitney