{"id":1352976,"date":"2017-09-21T12:34:49","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T19:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/event-not-being-updated-new-event-created-instead\/"},"modified":"2017-09-28T05:49:23","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T12:49:23","slug":"event-not-being-updated-new-event-created-instead","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/event-not-being-updated-new-event-created-instead\/","title":{"rendered":"Event not being updated, new event created instead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a client importing their calendars via Google Calendar. When they update a title or change the date for an event a new event is being created rather than overwriting the title\/details of the event already imported. This is causing the calendar to display both events rather than the correct one.<\/p>\n<p>I have attached two screenshots, one of their current live site using an iFrame of the Google calendar and one of the development site using the EA. 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