4.8.3.5 Time Zone URL

Basic Definition | Description| | Example

Basic Definition

Property Name
TZURL
Purpose
The TZURL 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
Non-standard property parameters can be specified on this property.
Conformance
This property can be specified in a "VTIMEZONE" calendar component.

Description

The TZURL 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

The property is defined by the following notation:

  tzurl      = "TZURL" tzurlparam ":" uri CRLF

  tzurlparam = *(";" xparam)

Example

The following is an example of this property:

  TZURL:http://timezones.r.us.net/tz/US-California-Los_Angeles--