/* * Example: Expanding recurring calendar events (using moment-timezone) * * This script shows how to turn VEVENTs (including recurring ones) into concrete * event instances within a given date range. It demonstrates how to: * * - Expand RRULEs into individual dates within a range * - Apply per-date overrides (RECURRENCE-ID via `recurrences`) * - Skip exception dates (`exdate`) * - Print each instance with title, start/end time, and humanized duration * * Why a date range? Recurring rules can describe infinite series. Limiting to a * fixed window (here: calendar year 2017) keeps expansion finite and practical. */ const path = require('node:path'); const moment = require('moment-timezone'); const ical = require('../node-ical.js'); // Load an example iCal file with various recurring events. const data = ical.parseFile(path.join(__dirname, 'example-rrule.ics')); // Extract VEVENT components for iteration. const events = Object .values(data) .filter(item => item.type === 'VEVENT' && !item.recurrenceid); // Use a fixed date range to keep expansion finite (recurrences can be unbounded). const rangeStart = moment('2017-01-01').startOf('day'); const rangeEnd = moment('2017-12-31').endOf('day'); for (const event of events) { // Use expandRecurringEvent to handle all RRULE expansion, EXDATEs, and overrides const instances = ical.expandRecurringEvent(event, { from: rangeStart.toDate(), to: rangeEnd.toDate(), }); // Print each instance with moment.js formatting for (const instance of instances) { const title = instance.summary; const startDate = moment(instance.start); const endDate = moment(instance.end); const duration = endDate.valueOf() - startDate.valueOf(); console.log(`title:${title}`); console.log(`startDate:${startDate.format('MMMM Do YYYY, h:mm:ss a')}`); console.log(`endDate:${endDate.format('MMMM Do YYYY, h:mm:ss a')}`); console.log(`duration:${moment.duration(duration).humanize()}`); console.log(); } }