Errors in Christian Holidays calendar - please update

Question

I subscribed to the Christian Holidays calendar at http://ical.mac.com/ical/Christian32Holidays.ics. It has some errors and since I didn't create it, I can't fix them.
The problems:
- Easter should be an entire day, not just from 1-2 PM.
- The following holidays between Epiphany and Easter are missing: Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras, Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday
Since these are some of the most important holidays in the Christian calendar, and also some which change their date every year, it would be nice if whoever is in charge of this calendar could fix these problems. Thank you.
Message was edited by: superflippy

Answer 1

I searched for this thread because I too noticed that "Good Friday" was missing from the "Christian Holiday Calendar 1.0" file for this year. The bottom line is that despite the 10/07 time stamp on the Downloads/Calendars page, this file has not been updated (by Apple) in three years.
For example, "Good Friday" exists in this ICS file for 2004,2005,2006,2007 only.
The challenge in keeping a calendar like this updated is that certain religious holidays such as "Easter" do not fall on a Gregorian calendar interval that can be repeated in iCal. (Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after March 21.)
Of course Apple could go a long way in at least helping their users avoid this confusion by simply including a date range reference or last updated reference in the description field of these calendar files.
So basically you can wait until the (correct) Apple folks catch on to this thread (don't hold your breath) or their mistake (I wouldn't wait for that either) or you can start updating this calendar yourself.
To do this, click on the Christian Holidays calendar in iCal. Then click File/Export. Save. Drag the resulting exported (saved) file onto your iCal icon. An "Adding New Events" dialog will appear, pull down the menu and select "New Calendar".
You will now have an editable local instance of the original "from URL" based calendar and can start updating (or changing) as you see fit.
Good luck fellow disappointed Apple provided iCal calendar downloaders.