ical has wrong date, how to reset?

[Michaelgtrusa]

I've just noticed ical has jul 17th, when I launch ical in corrects itself, when I close ical, it returns to jul 17th.

 

[arkitect]

I've just noticed ical has jul 17th, when I launch ical in corrects itself, when I close ical, it returns to jul 17th.

Actually I think it has always been 17th July… I remember that date because it is my mom's birthday. 😉

And this…

But as it turns out the origins of this icon are much more mundane and bureaucratic: iCal debuted on July 17, 2002 at the MacWorld Expo in New York.

Link…

 

[Michaelgtrusa]

Well it has never been this way for me until the 6.2 update and i've tried every thing and it's till broken.

 

[Gregg2]

Well, you don't say if you're talking about the Dock or the Applications folder. On mine (OS 10.5.8) the icon in the Apps folder always stays Jul. 17. In the Dock, it's always Today. If your Dock changes depending on whether or not iCal is running, you might have a corrupt plist file.

 

[MisterMe]

I've just noticed ical has jul 17th, when I launch ical in corrects itself, when I close ical, it returns to jul 17th.

Let us be clear:

1. If iCal is running, then its Dock icon will display today's date.
2. If iCal is not running, then its Dock icon will display Jul 17.

Understand?

 

[Michaelgtrusa]

Let me help clear this a little more. I phoned Apple, they had me run through a list of possibilities that did not work. Next step, they had me reinstall ical and then run the combo update solving the issue. ical now displays the correct month and date.

 

[sharkync]

Mine is not running but is displaying the correct date - go figure. (OS X 10.6)

 

[relbbircs]

Remove iCal from Dock, then replace it

For some reason, if you've rebooted your machine with iCal in the dock, left unopened it will stay fixed although the date changes. Remove it from the dock then replace it. Now, it should keep the current date when open or closed, until the next time you reboot. Repeat as necessary.

 

[Drag'nGT]

My G4 running Tiger shows the wrong date while my Leopard and Snow Leopard installs show the correct date... Hmmm... I'll have to see what the fix is.

 

[Vogue Harper]

Let us be clear:

1. If iCal is running, then its Dock icon will display today's date.
2. If iCal is not running, then its Dock icon will display Jul 17.

Understand?

I think you're the one not understanding actually. For Leopard or Snow Leopard, even if iCal is not running the dock icon displays today's date, it never displays 17 July in the dock except on 17 July.

Few suggestions for fixes in this thread https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/395610/

 

[Doju]

Let us be clear:

1. If iCal is running, then its Dock icon will display today's date.
2. If iCal is not running, then its Dock icon will display Jul 17.

Understand?

Let's be clear:

You're wrong.