Finding iCal data in Time Machine

Hi
I wonder where I should look for the iCal data (all my appointmens I mean) in Time Machine. When I opened iCal yesterday everything was gone. Now I thought I would be able to restore them but I can't figure out what I should be looking for nor where. Does anyone know how to get back to my iCal version a few days ago?
THANKS (using it for business so this is really bad)

Hello ek:
As I recall, the only way to backup iCal is to use the backup feature from the menu bar>file. That will place a backup of iCal data that may subsequently restored into iCal. There is an older post someplace that explains this in more detail. Since I do not have any critical calendar items, I have not bothered to do this. I have tested what i described, however, and it does work.
If iCal is not retaining your data after you close it, you have a different problem (I could not tell from your post).
Barry

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