Can't open an ics invitation in Outlook 2003 SP2

[Scott Kraft]

Hi, I keep getting an error when I try to open the following ics:

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//Apple Computer\, Inc//iCal 2.0//EN
METHOD:REQUEST
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
VERSION:2.0
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:US/Pacific
LAST-MODIFIED:20060123T211440Z
BEGIN:STANDARD
DTSTART:20051030T090000
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZNAMEST
END:STANDARD
BEGINAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20060402T010000
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZNAMEDT
ENDAYLIGHT
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
ATTENDEE;CN="Person";PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP=TRUE:mailtoerson@
person.com
DTSTAMP:20060123T211437Z
UID:8EFDA565-07D4-43FE-8EDE-D4625BD2287A
SEQUENCE:6
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060204T171500
SUMMARY:B-Day Party Here
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060204T233000
ORGANIZER;CN="Other Person":mailto[email protected]
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR

The error message states:

Can't copy the items. Cannot import vCalendar item.

This error can appear if you have attempted to save a recurring Lunar
appointment in iCalendar format.
To avoid this error, set the appointment option to Gregorian instead of Lunar.
More information about this error message online.

 

[Pazi]

this error appears when the file is saved not in correct format of UTF-8
(e.g. notepad puts some weird chars on the beginning of the file - visible in
hexa).
if you do not have to use national characters, save the file with different
encoding or use editor able to save UTF-8 correctly.