---
name: "Data::ICal::Entry::Event"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libdata-ical-perl"
version: "0.24+dfsg-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Data::ICal::Entry::Event"
---

# Data::ICal::Entry::Event(3pm)

Represents an event in an iCalendar file

## NAME

Data::ICal::Entry::Event - Represents an event in an iCalendar file

## SYNOPSIS

```
    my $vevent = Data::ICal::Entry::Event->new();
    $vevent->add_properties(
        summary => "my party",
        description => "I'll cry if I want to",
        # Dat*e*::ICal is not a typo here
        dtstart   => Date::ICal->new( epoch => time )->ical,
    );
    $calendar->add_entry($vevent);
    $vevent->add_entry($alarm);
```

## DESCRIPTION

A Data::ICal::Entry::Event object represents a single event in an iCalendar file.  (Note that the iCalendar RFC refers to entries as "components".)  It is a subclass of Data::ICal::Entry and accepts all of its methods.

## METHODS

### ical\_entry\_type

Returns `"VEVENT"`, its iCalendar entry name.

### mandatory\_unique\_properties

The `"uid"` property is mandatory if `"rfc_strict"` was passed to "new" in Data::ICal.

### optional\_unique\_properties

According to the iCalendar standard, the following properties may be specified at most one time for an event:

```
        class  created  description  dtstart  geo
        last-modified  location  organizer  priority
        dtstamp  sequence  status  summary  transp
        uid  url  recurrence-id
```

In addition, `"dtend"` and `"duration"` may be specified at most once each, but not both in the same entry (though this restriction is not enforced).

Or if `"vcal10 => 1"`:

```
        class dcreated completed description dtstart dtend
        last-modified location rnum priority
        sequence status summary transp
        url uid
```

### optional\_repeatable\_properties

According to the iCalendar standard, the following properties may be specified any number of times for an event:

```
        attach  attendee  categories  comment
        contact  exdate  exrule  request-status  related-to
        resources  rdate  rrule
```

Or if `"vcal10 => 1"`:

```
        aalarm  attach  attendee  categories
        dalarm  exdate  exrule  malarm  palarm  related-to
        resources  rdate  rrule
```

## SEE ALSO

- Data::ICal::DateTime

  For date parsing and formatting, including denoting "all day" events, considering using this module. Because it's a "mix in", you can still use all the methods here as well as the new date handling methods it defines.

## AUTHOR

Best Practical Solutions, LLC \<modules@bestpractical.com\>

## LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2005 - 2020, Best Practical Solutions, LLC.  All rights reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic.