Tickets :: Comment on [#14076] Date parsing causes invites not to be displayed (exception is being ignored)

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Comment	> We are facing an localization-related issue with meeting invites and Horde > (webmail). The invites are processed correctly by Thunderbird, iPhones and > other email clients. > > Attached to this email is an example invite, which originates from an MS > Exchange 2010. > > The invite is a "multipart/alternate" message. Horde's webmail lists the > three MIME components, but when one tries to display the "invite" (vcalendar) > part, an empty window is shown. > > In fact, there is an exception which is being silently ignored: > > exception 'Horde_Date_Exception' with message 'Failed to parse time > string (18/05/2015 3:30 pm)' in /usr/share/php/Horde/Date.php:375 > Stack trace: > > However, the problem disappears when the language, and date (format) > setting is > changed in Preferences/Global preferences/Locale and Time: > > - Select your preferred language > - Choose how to display dates (full format): > > 1. WORKS: English (American) and mm/dd/yyyy > 2. WORKS: English (American) and yyyy-mm-dd > 3. FAILS: English (American) and dd/mm/yyyy > > 4. FAILS: Spanish and dd/mm/yy > 5. FAILS: Spanish and dd/mm/yyyy > 6. WORKS: Spanish and yyyy-mm-dd > > > The exception originates at: > > lib/Mime/Viewer/Itip.php : function _vEvent() > > which uses the 'date_format' preference to "print" the dates present in the > vcalendar. The strigified dates are parsed back in the same function via > Horde_date. > > I guess then problem arises due to an apparent ambiguity. One > workaround is to > ignore the pref 'date_format' and use something like '%Y-%m-%d', but this > makes the dates appear in an unusual format for users. > > This is on Horde 5.6.2. > > Has any one else see the same issue? > > What can we do about it? > > Thank you,
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