Insert recurring event on office 365 api returns incorrect start and end date

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I'm developing an Asp.net MVC App calendar, based on microsoft Office 365 Api. When I'm trying to insert an event server changes my start date and end date.

I've tried on Microsoft Graph Api Explorer here: https://graph.microsoft.io/en-us/graph-explorer, with this event:

{
  "subject": "TEST 11",
  "recurrence": {
    "pattern": {
      "type": "relativeYearly",
      "interval": 1,
      "month": 1,
      "dayOfMonth": 0,
      "daysOfWeek": [
        "monday"
      ],
      "firstDayOfWeek": "sunday",
      "index": "first"
    },
    "range": {
      "type": "noEnd",
      "startDate": "2016-04-07",
      "endDate": "0001-01-01",
      "recurrenceTimeZone": "UTC",
      "numberOfOccurrences": 0
    }
  },
  "body": {
    "content": ""
  },
  "end": {
    "dateTime": "2016-04-07T13:30:00",
    "timeZone": "UTC"
  },
  "start": {
    "dateTime": "2016-04-07T12:00:00", 
    "timeZone": "UTC"
  } 
}

and I can't figure out why it returns me this result:

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('fb28a0fc-d439-46c1-b501-aa436c81b089')/events/$entity",
    "@odata.etag": "W/\"+OqDZnLqWUiJHsDJY80iMwAAydKXaA==\"",
    "id": "AAMkADVlYTFhYTI3LTdkYzQtNDgwMS05ZGRmLTExYjI3YjRmM2U1NwBGAAAAAACXbg5biElkTKzIlWuGxBCkBwD46oNmcupZSIkewMljzSIzAAAAAAENAAD46oNmcupZSIkewMljzSIzAADJymunAAA=",
    "createdDateTime": "2016-04-07T12:29:19.9539087Z",
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2016-04-07T12:29:19.9695341Z",
    "changeKey": "+OqDZnLqWUiJHsDJY80iMwAAydKXaA==",
    "categories": [],
    "originalStartTimeZone": "UTC",
    "originalEndTimeZone": "UTC",
    "responseStatus": {
        "response": "organizer",
        "time": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"
    },
    "iCalUId": "040000008200E00074C5B7101A82E008000000008F87CA1BC990D101000000000000000010000000DA81E77A153D2945A59DB6B7C9134881",
    "reminderMinutesBeforeStart": 15,
    "isReminderOn": true,
    "hasAttachments": false,
    "subject": "TEST 11",
    "body": {
        "contentType": "text",
        "content": ""
    },
    "bodyPreview": "",
    "importance": "normal",
    "sensitivity": "normal",
    "start": {
        "dateTime": "2017-01-02T12:00:00.0000000",
        "timeZone": "UTC"
    },
    "end": {
        "dateTime": "2017-01-02T13:30:00.0000000",
        "timeZone": "UTC"
    },
    "location": {
        "displayName": "",
        "address": {}
    },
    "isAllDay": false,
    "isCancelled": false,
    "isOrganizer": true,
    "recurrence": {
        "pattern": {
            "type": "relativeYearly",
            "interval": 1,
            "month": 1,
            "dayOfMonth": 0,
            "daysOfWeek": [
                "monday"
            ],
            "firstDayOfWeek": "sunday",
            "index": "first"
        },
        "range": {
            "type": "noEnd",
            "startDate": "2017-01-02",
            "endDate": "0001-01-01",
            "recurrenceTimeZone": "UTC",
            "numberOfOccurrences": 0
        }
    },
    "responseRequested": true,
    "seriesMasterId": null,
    "showAs": "busy",
    "type": "seriesMaster",
    "attendees": [],
    "organizer": {
        "emailAddress": {
            "name": "Luigi Gallo",
            "address": "[email protected]"
        }
    },
    "webLink": "https://outlook.office365.com/owa/?ItemID=AAMkADVlYTFhYTI3LTdkYzQtNDgwMS05ZGRmLTExYjI3YjRmM2U1NwBGAAAAAACXbg5biElkTKzIlWuGxBCkBwD46oNmcupZSIkewMljzSIzAAAAAAENAAD46oNmcupZSIkewMljzSIzAADJymunAAA%3D&exvsurl=1&viewmodel=ICalendarItemDetailsViewModelFactory"
}

What is the end result you're trying to achieve? It looks like the server is parsing your recurrence and putting it on the first Monday in January — Jason Johnston

Fei Xue - MSFT Fei Xue - MSFT · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-08T09:21:53

"month": 1,
"daysOfWeek": [
    "monday"
  ],
  "firstDayOfWeek": "sunday",
  "index": "first"

What kind of recurring event did you want to insert? Based on the code, you were inserting an “relativeYearly” event like the figure below:

According to the post body, the first match should be the first Monday of January which is 1/2/2017. Since the original start date and end date(4/7/2016) does not match this pattern, the server automatically change it to 1/2/2017 hh:mm:ss.

You may need to change the recurrence to fit the business requirement.

Insert recurring event on office 365 api returns incorrect start and end date

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