Next start date not getting updated on calendar events

Question

Originally posted by Unknown

I'm seeing a weird thing happen with Next Start Date in calendar event occurrences. They are using specific dates in the schedule. I would expect that when I add or delete a date in the schedule tied to the event item occurrence, it should update the Next Start Date automatically. However, it's hanging on to whatever got set when the event occurrence was created. I've seen the same behavior when I tested in 2 other environments on the same version of Rock (13.7). Is this a bug or expected behavior?

Answer 1

It looks like if you make any change to the Event Occurrence (after updating schedule), it should then update the NextStartDate on the occurrence. The Rock Cleanup job will also update the NextStartDateTime on an Event Occurrence based off the NextStartDateTime of the schedule:

https://github.com/SparkDevNetwork/Rock/blob/hotfix-1.13.8/Rock/Jobs/RockCleanup.cs#L2208