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*Because of architectural changes in the Mozilla core code, Sunbird 0.3 will not work on Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows ME.
*Because of architectural changes in the Mozilla core code, Sunbird 0.3 will not work on Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows ME.
*'''Dataloss may occur if you attempt to use Sunbird with calendar files created by other calendaring programs.'''
*'''Some dataloss may occur if you attempt to use Sunbird with calendar files created by other calendaring programs.'''
*Sunbird/Lightning 0.3 will attempt to guess your timezone on startup.  Because this guessing is not perfect yet ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=328996 Bug 328996]) you should manually set the timezone in Preferences/Options before entering data.
*CalDAV support remains extremely basic.
*CalDAV support remains extremely basic.
*Sunbird 0.3 does not work for dates before 1970 or after 2031.
*Sunbird 0.3 alpha1 profiles are upgraded automatically to Sunbird 0.3, but are then no longer compatible with Sunbird 0.3 alpha1 due to updates to the internal SQLite database.
*Sunbird 0.3 will not automatically migrate your old calendar files from Sunbird 0.2. You will have to manually import them from your <a href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile#Sunbird">profile folder</a> or resubscribe to your remote calendar files.
Additionally, many of the <a href="lightning0.1.html#surprising">Surprising
Behaviors</a> of Lightning also apply to Sunbird 0.3.
As development is ongoing, a few items remain in a worse state than they
were in the Sunbird 0.3 alpha releases:
*If you have conflicting events at one time in the calendar, other, non-conflicting events on the same day appear too narrow
*If you have conflicting events at one time in the calendar, other, non-conflicting events on the same day appear too narrow
*Location/Description information is no longer shown in the day/week views
*Location/Description information is no longer shown in the day/week views
*All day events simply appear with no time, rather than having a star icon
*All day events simply appear with no time, rather than having a star icon
*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=296659 Bug 296659] In some timezones, it's possible for events to be displayed at different times than entered.
*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=328618 Bug 328618] failure when creating calendar objects does not always display an error dialog (This should never happen.)
*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329570 Bug 329570] editing ICS & CalDAV calendars by multiple writers can lose data
*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330121 Bug 330121] datepickers & export code not usable in Lightning on Japanese Win2k
*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330943 Bug 330943] Repeating events created in other calendaring applications may not be interpretted perfectly.
*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=348009 Bug 348009] Drag and Drop in Month view can occassionally freeze Un*x desktops
===Likely to be fixed.===
(issues that are likely to be fixed before the actual release, but which should be rel-noted if not.)
*Sunbird 0.3 will not automatically migrate your old calendar files from Sunbird 0.2. You will have to manually import them from your <a href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile#Sunbird">profile folder</a> or resubscribe to your remote calendar files.
*Sunbird 0.3 does not work for dates before 1970 or after 2031.
*It is not possible to select multiple events in the views. It still remains possible to select multiple events in the unifinder
*It is not possible to select multiple events in the views. It still remains possible to select multiple events in the unifinder
*Similarly, 'Select All' in the 'Edit' menu does not work
*Similarly, 'Select All' in the 'Edit' menu does not work
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*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=296659 Bug 296659] calIDateTime needs methods to convert to/from jsDate by fields (else wrong timezone offset)
*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=296202 Bug 296202] unsubscribing from or deleting a calendar doesn't delete events
*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=296202 Bug 296202] unsubscribing from or deleting a calendar doesn't delete events
*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=328810 Bug 328810] shutting down calendar doesn't wait for in-progress writes to finish
*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=328810 Bug 328810] shutting down calendar doesn't wait for in-progress writes to finish
*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=327990 Bug 327990] rationalize calICalendar deleteItem and modifyItem w.r.t. occurrences (OK, the thing to be release noted here is the as-yet unfixed CalDAV piece)
*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=328576 Bug 328576] CalDAV providers doesn't serialize exceptions (ie modified recurrences)
*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=328618 Bug 328618] failure when creating calendar objects does not display an error dialog
*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=328996 Bug 328996] guessSystemTimezone doesn't take northern/southern hemisphere into account
*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329570 Bug 329570] editing ICS & CalDAV calendars by multiple writers can lose data
*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330121 Bug 330121] datepickers & export code not usable in Lightning on Japanese Win2k
*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330943 Bug 330943] RFC-issue: timefield of UNTIL, when in GMT not converted to local timezone like DTSTART and DTEND
*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=348009 Bug 348009] Drag and Drop in Month view freezes Un*x desktops


==Troubleshooting==
==Troubleshooting==
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