[icalendar-dev] how to verify if a date is into the ical file ?

[Matt Chisholm]

You don't need iCalendar to do this.  Just do:

found = open('/path/to/france.ics','r').read().find('20070521') != -1

Of course, that will fail if somebody puts '20070521' in an event
summary or description.

-m

On Mar 30 2007, 17:24, Michael REMY Askus wrote:
>hi,
>
>this is my first question after subscribed to the mailing list.
>This module is very useful for my application (TinyERP) to determinate 
>easter days (stored in a iCal file)
>
>But, i don't find in the doc how to verifiy is a date is present or not 
>into a iCal file.
>What is the method ?
>
>In waiting your answer, i justed do a string presence of the date, like 
>a novice !
>for exampl :
>
>from icalendar import Calendar, Event
>            cal = 
>Calendar.from_string(open('/home/remy/local/dev/cvs_cpn/SV3.4.0.1/bin/icalendar/france.ics','rb').read())
>       
>            txt=str(cal)
>            found=False
>           
>            thedate="20070521"
>            if (found==False and txt.find(thedate)!=-1):
>                found=True
>
>So, is there any method to test a date instead this string search one ??
>
>Thank for help
>
>Mike (from France)
>
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