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3.8.3.5. Time Zone URL

Property Name

TZURL

Purpose

This property provides a means for a "VTIMEZONE" component to point to a network location that can be used to retrieve an up- to-date version of itself.

Value Type

URI

Property Parameters

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

Conformance

This property can be specified in a "VTIMEZONE" calendar component.

Description

This property provides a means for a "VTIMEZONE" component to point to a network location that can be used to retrieve an up-to-date version of itself. This provides a hook to handle changes government bodies impose upon time zone definitions. Retrieval of this resource results in an iCalendar object containing a single "VTIMEZONE" component and a "METHOD" property set to PUBLISH.

Format Definition

This property is defined by the following notation:

 tzurl      = "TZURL" tzurlparam ":" uri CRLF

 tzurlparam = *(";" other-param)

Example

The following is an example of this property

 TZURL:http://timezones.example.org/tz/America-Los_Angeles.ics

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