OK, here is an update:

If i set is_dst to 1 in mktime, the event appears correctly in google  
calendar.


However, this doesn't satisfy me because is_dst is deprecated, and i  
don't want to have to change this value manually twice a year and i  
don't understand why +00:00 appears at the end of the atom date  
regardless of what is_dst is set to.

The server is on europe/london, php is on europe/london, the calendar  
is on europe/london, the event being submitted contains the correct  
start time.

What i don't understand is I'm submitting an event at a certain time  
and something at somepoint decides to add an hour on to the submitted  
time for brittish summer time. Its not like i want to know what time  
it will be then! I'm submitting an event!


*sob*

On 2 Sep 2008, at 10:20, Peter Lenagh wrote:

> +00:00 is the default when i don't set is_dst.
>
> I changed the server to Europe/London (from UTC) and this didnt fix  
> the problem.
>
> How can I write a conditional statement so that I can set is_dst  
> only when it... is dst?
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> On 29 Aug 2008, at 21:50, Ray Baxter wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 29, 2008, at 1:35 PM, Peter Lenagh wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> thanks for the reply.
>>>
>>>
>>> I changed my calendar to GMT (no daylight savings) and the problem
>>> persists.
>>>
>>> I submit an event starting on 2008-08-29T09:00:00+00:00, and it
>>> appears in the calendar as 10:00.
>>>
>>> What should i do? surely this works fine for most people.
>>
>>
>> Did you check the output of mktime on your system?
>>
>> Compare the results of setting $is_dst to 1, 0 and -1, to the results
>> when you don't set $is_dst. If  you have shell access to your server
>> what is the output of date?
>>
>> Ray
>>
>>>
>>> thanks again.
>>>
>>> On 29 Aug 2008, at 21:23, Ray Baxter wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 29, 2008, at 12:28 PM, Peter wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have a form where I can add an event to the calendar. My problem
>>>>> is,
>>>>> the event is added 1 hour ahead of when it should be added.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm in the UK, in Brittish Summer Time, and i think thats causing
>>>>> the
>>>>> issue. I am submitting the events as GMT (+00:00), and google
>>>>> calendar
>>>>> is set to GMT.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The Google Calendar UI can be confusing when it comes to GMT. I
>>>> assume
>>>> that what you have set on your calendar is "(GMT+00:00) London."  
>>>> That
>>>> is the only time zone that you can see if you have selected the  
>>>> UK as
>>>> your country and haven't checked the "Display all timezones" box.  
>>>> If
>>>> you check that box, you can see there there is also a selection for
>>>> "(GMT +00:00) GMT (no daylight saving)".  So you are submitting
>>>> events
>>>> as GMT, but Google calendar is displaying them as BST. You need to
>>>> either change your calendar display, or change the way that you are
>>>> submitting them.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> If i try to add an event in, say, december (when were back to
>>>>> +00:00)
>>>>> it is added correctly, so im sure the problem is to do with the
>>>>> timezones.
>>>>>
>>>>> How can i change the timezone on the following piece of code,  
>>>>> and is
>>>>> it possible to have a conditional statement so that the timezone  
>>>>> is
>>>>> only changed during the summer?
>>>>>
>>>>> $start = date(DATE_ATOM, mktime($hour,$min,0, $month,$day,$year));
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> mktime  takes an additional argument, $is_dst. Exact usage will
>>>> depend
>>>> on how your system is configured.
>>>>
>>>> Ray
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Ray Baxter
>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> >>
>


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