Address book dates to ical?

Question

Is there any way of importing address book birthdates (for example) into iCal? Does anyone know? This is bugging me now...

Answer 1

Right, I'm going to quote the help viewer help from searching for help on entering birthdays..
"iCal Help
Adding events to a calendar
You can add any kind of event to your calendars, including appointments, birthdays, or other activities. You cannot add events to a calendar you've subscribed to. (Subscribed calendars have a curved arrow beside them in the Calendars list.)
1      Click the name of the calendar you want to add an event to.
2      To create a new event in Day or Week view, drag from the start time to the end time for the event, then type a subject for the event. In Month view, double-click the white area on the day you want the new event to appear, then type a subject.
To create an event that lasts all day, create an event of any length and click the Info button in the bottom-right corner of the window. Then select the "All-day event" checkbox in the Info drawer. (All-day events are shown across the top of the day in the main calendar view.) If you want your all-day event to last multiple days (for example, for a vacation), drag a corner of the event across the days in the main calendar view, or enter the different start and end dates in the Info drawer.
You can also create an event that spans multiple days but is not an "all-day" event by dragging across multiple days in the main calendar view. Events that span multiple days appear in the main calendar view (not at the top of the day), and can begin or end at any time during a day.
3      To make any other changes to your event (for example, how often it repeats or whether it has an alarm), click the Info button in the bottom-right corner of the iCal window to open the Info drawer.
In Day or Week view, you can also double-click the bar along the top of the event (where the event's start time appears).
4      If the selected event will take place in a different time zone (for example, if you will be traveling to another location for a meeting), choose iCal > Preferences and make sure the "Turn on time zone support" checkbox is selected. Then choose a time zone for this event from the "time zone" pop-up menu in the Info drawer.
The event appears on your calendar at the adjusted time. Turning on time zone support also allows you to view all the events in the main calendar view in a different time zone than your computer's time zone. For more information, click "Tell me more."
5      To invite someone to the event, click None next to "attendees" (or if you see a name, click the name) and type the email address of each person you want to invite, separated by commas. (For example, [email protected], [email protected].)
Any matching names in your Address Book appear as you type. For more information, click "Tell me more."
6      To see an icon in the top-right corner of the event that indicates the event's status, choose an item from the "status" pop-up menu.
7      To make this a regularly occurring event, choose an item from the "repeat" pop-up menu.
8      To receive an alarm before the event occurs, choose an item from the "alarm" pop-up menu.
To have iCal open an application or file before the event occurs, choose Open File, then choose the item you want to open from the first pop-up menu.
9      To add a URL to this event, click the text next to "url" and type a URL.
You may want to do this if the event has a website associated with it. To type more than one URL, separate each URL using commas. For example, http://www.apple.com, http://www.apple.com/support. You can also drag a URL from your browser's URL address field to the "url" field in iCal.
10      To type any notes about this event, click after the word Notes and then type."
And:
"iCal Overview
iCal is a personal calendar application that lets you easily keep track of appointments, view multiple calendars at the same time, share your calendar information with others, and more. Here are some of the key things you can do using iCal:
¥     Use iCal for all your calendar needs: remembering birthdays, keeping track of deadlines,