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3.7.1. Calendar Scale

Property Name

CALSCALE

Purpose

This property defines the calendar scale used for the calendar information specified in the iCalendar object.

Value Type

TEXT

Property Parameters

IANA and non-standard property parameters can be specified on this property.

Conformance

This property can be specified once in an iCalendar object. The default value is "GREGORIAN". Description: This memo is based on the Gregorian calendar scale. The Gregorian calendar scale is assumed if this property is not specified in the iCalendar object. It is expected that other calendar scales will be defined in other specifications or by future versions of this memo.

Format Definition

This property is defined by the following notation:

 calscale   = "CALSCALE" calparam ":" calvalue CRLF

 calparam   = *(";" other-param)

 calvalue   = "GREGORIAN"

Example

The following is an example of this property

 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN

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