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Subscribing to Your Releventful Calendar

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Written by Erin Pender
Updated over a week ago

Subscribe to Your Releventful Calendar

(Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or Outlook)

You can view your Releventful events directly in Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or Outlook by subscribing to your calendar feed.


How to Subscribe

  1. Click the Calendar button in the left-hand navigation

  2. Click the Settings icon

  3. Click Get Your Calendar Link

  4. Click Copy to copy your calendar link

  5. Paste this link into your calendar application (Google, Apple, or Outlook) to subscribe

Once subscribed, your Releventful events will appear automatically in your external calendar.


Calendar Feed Update Frequency

Releventful updates your calendar feed every 4 hours.

However, external calendar applications control how often they check for updates:

  • Google Calendar: usually within a few hours

  • Apple Calendar: typically within a few hours

  • Outlook: can take up to 24 hours

Because of this, there may be a delay between when a change is made in Releventful and when it appears in your external calendar.

Important: These update delays are controlled by the calendar provider (Google, Apple, Outlook), not Releventful.


FAQs

What events will display on the calendar feed?

Your Releventful calendar feed includes up to 12 months of upcoming events.

You can control which events appear (for example: booked, tentative, or cancelled events) by adjusting your Calendar Settings inside Releventful.


Why are some of my events missing from my calendar feed?

There are a few common reasons this can happen. Most are related to how external calendar apps sync and display subscribed calendars.

1. Recent changes may not appear right away

If an event was recently added, edited, or updated, it may not appear immediately in your external calendar.

  • Releventful updates the feed every 4 hours

  • Some calendar apps (especially Outlook) may take up to 24 hours to reflect those updates

If an event was modified in the last 24 hours, it will usually appear automatically once your calendar app refreshes.


2. Events that span late into the night

Some events run into the evening or end around midnight. External calendars sometimes handle these events differently, especially in month or agenda views.

If an event looks like it’s missing:

  • Try clicking directly on the event date

  • Check both the day it starts and the following day

These events are still present but may display slightly differently depending on your calendar app.


3. All-day or multi-day events

All-day and multi-day events are displayed differently across calendar providers.

  • Some calendars show them at the top of the day

  • Others group them separately from timed events

This can make them easy to overlook at first glance, even though they are still on your calendar.


4. Calendar app sync behavior (outside Releventful’s control)

Releventful does not control how often Google, Apple, or Outlook refresh subscribed calendars.

Each provider decides:

  • when to check for updates

  • how to display events

  • how quickly changes appear

Because of this, behavior can vary even when everything is set up correctly.


How Releventful Handles Event End Times

To ensure your events always display correctly across Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, and Outlook, Releventful applies automatic safeguards when syncing events to external calendars.

These adjustments help prevent events from appearing on the wrong date, having no duration, or disappearing entirely due to how calendar apps interpret time boundaries.


When an event’s end time is missing or unclear

If an event does not have a clear end time—or if the end time would result in the event appearing to have no duration—Releventful will automatically assign a default one-hour duration for the calendar feed only.

This ensures:

  • The event always has a visible time block

  • External calendars can display the event reliably

  • The event is not hidden or ignored by your calendar application

This adjustment does not change the event inside Releventful.


When an event ends at 12:00 AM (midnight)

Many events naturally run late into the evening and end at midnight. However, some calendar applications interpret 12:00 AM as the start of a day rather than the end of the night.

To prevent display issues, Releventful automatically adjusts these events in external calendars:

  • If an event ends at 12:00 AM, we treat this as the event ending at the end of the night

  • The event is displayed as ending on the following day instead

Example:
An event that starts at 6:00 PM and ends at 12:00 AM will appear in your calendar as ending at 12:00 AM on the next day.

This ensures the event remains visible and correctly positioned.


Why these adjustments are necessary

Different calendar providers interpret time boundaries differently—especially around midnight and all-day events. Without these safeguards, events can:

  • Appear to have no duration

  • Display on the wrong date

  • Be hidden in month or agenda views

These automatic adjustments help ensure your calendar remains dependable for scheduling walkthroughs, meetings, and planning.


Important note about event duration

You may occasionally notice that an event appears slightly longer or ends later in your external calendar than expected.

These adjustments:

  • Apply only to external calendar feeds

  • Do not change your event details inside Releventful

  • Are intended solely to improve visibility and consistency across calendar providers


How to Manually Refresh Your Calendar

If you believe events are missing or out of date, you can force a refresh by re-subscribing:

  1. Go to Calendar → Settings → Get Your Calendar Link

  2. Copy your calendar link

  3. Remove the existing subscription from your calendar app

  4. Re-add the calendar link

This often triggers an immediate refresh and resolves most display issues.


Key Takeaways

  • Your Releventful calendar feed is always accurate and up to date.

  • Any delays or display differences are almost always caused by how external calendar applications sync and present subscribed calendars.

If you ever need help verifying whether an event is included in your feed, our support team is happy to help!

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