Explain ical DTSTART in VTIMEZONE section
by mfoley from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5JF1B)
At the beginning of an ics file there is a VTIMEZONE component, with a DTSTART property. The value of this property seems odd. For Thunderbird it is 19700308T020000. For Outlook it is 16010101T020000, which are 3/8/1970 2:00AM, and 1/1/1601 2:00AM, respectively.
Why are these dates set to such odd values? What is the significance of them being so widely different (by 369 years)?
I've checked the RFC https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5545 and find nothing illuminating this.
Does anyone have an idea?
Why are these dates set to such odd values? What is the significance of them being so widely different (by 369 years)?
I've checked the RFC https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5545 and find nothing illuminating this.
Does anyone have an idea?