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Event

This entity represents an event.

See also: [EventParticipation][event_participation]

Properties

Property	Type (Length)	Description
author	[diaspora* ID][diaspora-id]	The diaspora* ID of the author of the event.
guid	[GUID][guid]	The GUID of the event.
summary	[String][string] (255)	The summary of the event.
start	[Timestamp][timestamp]	The start time of the event (in UTC).

Optional Properties

Property	Type (Length)	Description
end	[Timestamp][timestamp]	The end time of the event (in UTC). If missing it is an open-end or a single all_day event.
all_day	[Boolean][boolean]	true if it is an all day event. Time/timezone is ignored. false by default.
timezone	[Timezone][timezone]	If the event is fixed to a specific timezone, this can be set. The start/end timestamps are then displayed in this timezone. This is useful for local events. If missing or empty the timestamps are displayed in the timezone of the user.
description	[Markdown][markdown] (65535)	Description of the event.
location	[Location][location]	Location of the event.

Examples

With start, end and timezone

<event>
  <author>alice@example.org</author>
  <guid>bb8371f0b1c901342ebd55853a9b5d75</guid>
  <summary>Cool event</summary>
  <start>2016-12-27T12:00:00Z</start>
  <end>2016-12-27T13:00:00Z</end>
  <all_day>false</all_day>
  <timezone>Europe/Berlin</timezone>
  <description>You need to see this!</description>
  <location>
    <address>Vienna, Austria</address>
    <lat>48.208174</lat>
    <lng>16.373819</lng>
  </location>
</event>

All day event

<event>
  <author>alice@example.org</author>
  <guid>bb8371f0b1c901342ebd55853a9b5d75</guid>
  <summary>Cool event</summary>
  <start>2016-12-27T00:00:00Z</start>
  <end/>
  <all_day>true</all_day>
  <timezone/>
  <description>You need to see this!</description>
  <location>
    <address>Vienna, Austria</address>
    <lat>48.208174</lat>
    <lng>16.373819</lng>
  </location>
</event>

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