Try adding an .ics appointment into Outlook
Would you like to try adding an Outlook appointment, just to see how it works?
We’ve made a simple test .ics you can download:
Add a test appointment
It’s a normal .ics file that can be added to Outlook for Windows/Mac or any other compatible programs (most calendar programs do). See Web Links Adding Outlook Appointments – Tricks and traps
Here’s how it looks when opened in Outlook:
As you can see, the details obviously fictional. Little risk you’d mistake this for a real flight.
Effective Outlook Calendars 2nd edition shows you how to make use of the appointment, event, reminder and calendar parts in Outlook and share that information with other computers & devices.
Under the Hood
FYI, here’s the entire test ics file in plain text. As you can see, there’s a lot of time zone information that Outlook for Windows/Mac totally ignores.
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
X-WR-CALNAME:HBT to
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Europe/London
TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo-outlook/Europe/London
X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:BST
DTSTART:19700329T010000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
TZNAME:GMT
DTSTART:19701025T020000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20170213T090857Z
DTSTART;TZID="Europe/London":20170401T070000
DTEND;TZID="Europe/London":20170401T141500
SUMMARY:Hobbiton to Mt. Doom
DESCRIPTION:Ref: 123456\nLuggage limit: One Ring\nInflight: Lembas
LOCATION:Gandalf Air GA9 7am
BEGIN:VALARM
ACTION:DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:Hobbiton to Mt. Doom
TRIGGER:-PT1H
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR