Inconsistent time(zone)

[blalor]

Describe the bug

The scheduled date of a closed poll and its associated(?) event are inconsistent. I have a finalized poll where the scheduled time is Thursday, July 10, 2025 from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM. Inside the downloaded .ics file I see:

DTSTART:20250710T180000Z
DTEND:20250710T193000Z

And when I add the ICS file to my calendar it shows as running from 2pm - 3:30pm (I'm in America/New_York, currently UTC-4). When I go to the /events page I also see the event running from 2-3:30pm.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Create a new poll
2. Click to add a date (2025-07-10)
3. Click to specify times (12pm-1pm)
4. Turn off Automatic Time Zone Conversion
5. Create Poll
6. Add a participant to the poll, choosing the time
7. Finalize the poll, choosing the time - shows as 2025-07-10 from 12-1pm
8. Click add to calendar, download ICS file (attached); calendar shows event from 8am-9am on 2025-07-10.
9. Go to /events; See time of event is July 10, 2025 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

title.ics.zip

The ICS file and event listing should be in my local time, since that's the time I chose. The finalized poll does show my local time.

Screenshots

Poll:

Event:

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: macOS 15.5
• Browser Safari
• Version 18.5

Smartphone (please complete the following information):

• Device: iPhone 16 Pro
• OS: iOS 18.5
• Browser: Safari
• Version: n/a

Additional context

I'm guessing disabling the automatic time zone conversion is the crux of the problem, but the display should be consistent, and to avoid confusion, I may want to disable time zone conversion for a poll for an event at a physical location so that people who are responding in a different timezone don't accidentally have the zone converted for them. 😄

[lukevella]

Hi @blalor, thank you for reporting. I have a fix on the way for the issue on the events page. From what I can see, the calendar event that gets emailed to participants handles floating times correctly. What doesn't work so well is the Add to calendar button that appears on the page after finalizing. Unfortunately the library we're using to generate the event on the client doesn't seem to support floating start times so that will require some additional effort to fix. I'll try do address that as soon as possible. Thanks again for letting me know about this.