{"id":1225351,"date":"2017-01-27T11:42:55","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T19:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/event-aggregator-duplicating-events-on-ics-import\/"},"modified":"2017-01-29T08:14:28","modified_gmt":"2017-01-29T16:14:28","slug":"event-aggregator-duplicating-events-on-ics-import","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/event-aggregator-duplicating-events-on-ics-import\/","title":{"rendered":"Event Aggregator Duplicating Events on ICS Import"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>hi Support,<\/p>\n<p>we have a vendor building an .ics file for us but each time we setup a scheduled import, the imported events are duplicated. I don&#8217;t know enough about .ics files to figure out why.<\/p>\n<p>This is happening when testing this one particular file on 3 different WP installs with TEC 4.4.1.1&#8230; other plugins turned off &amp; on \/ TwentyFifteen and custom themes tested.<\/p>\n<p>I can successfully import other .ics files just fine but this one .ics duplicates events&#8230; here is the file with just one event for brevity.<\/p>\n<p>BEGIN:VCALENDAR<br \/>\nBEGIN:VTIMEZONE<br \/>\nTZID:America\/New_York<br \/>\nBEGIN:DAYLIGHT<br \/>\nDTSTART:20070311T020000<br \/>\nRRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU<br \/>\nTZOFFSETFROM:-0500<br \/>\nTZOFFSETTO:-0400<br \/>\nTZNAME:EDT<br \/>\nEND:DAYLIGHT<br \/>\nBEGIN:STANDARD<br \/>\nDTSTART:20071104T020000<br \/>\nRRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU<br \/>\nTZOFFSETFROM:-0400<br \/>\nTZOFFSETTO:-0500<br \/>\nTZNAME:EST<br \/>\nEND:STANDARD<br \/>\nEND:VTIMEZONE<\/p>\n<p>BEGIN:VEVENT<br \/>\nDTSTAMP:20170127T162342Z<br \/>\nDTSTART;TZID=America\/New_York:20170128T150000Z<br \/>\nDTEND;TZID=America\/New_York:20170128T170000Z<br \/>\nPRIORITY:0<br \/>\nSUMMARY:My One Event<br \/>\nDESCRIPTION:Have you ever wanted to release your inner archer? Maybe you&#8217;re just looking for a place to hone your skills, no matter the weather. Our indoor archery classes are a great place to start! All equipment is provided; ages 9 and up. Class is held inside Nature Center, NOT at the Archery Range. Call Nature Center to register.<br \/>\nLOCATION:New York Mountain State Park &#8211; 2620 Highway 355 SW, Stockridge, NY 10010<br \/>\nCLASS:PUBLIC<br \/>\nEND:VEVENT<\/p>\n<p>END:VCALENDAR<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>any thoughts are appreciated&#8230; thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-1225351","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Event Aggregator Duplicating Events on ICS Import -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/event-aggregator-duplicating-events-on-ics-import\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Event Aggregator Duplicating Events on ICS Import -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"hi Support, we have a vendor building an .ics file for us but each time we setup a scheduled import, the imported events are duplicated. 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