DTSTART/END are probably expected as GMT

>I need to create a calendering object as specified in RFC2445 which by itself is very hard to understand
>

>BEGIN:VCALENDAR
>PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 11.0 MIMEDIR//EN
>VERSION:2.0
>METHOD:PUBLISH
>BEGIN:VEVENT
>TZID:US-Eastern
>ORGANIZER:MAILTO:john.doe@ct.gov
>DTSTART:20161108T080000Z
>DTEND:20161108T140000Z
>LOCATION:Warner Center                                                                                                                                         
>TRANSP:OPAQUE
>SEQUENCE:0
>DTSTAMP:20161108T080000Z
>DESCRIPTION:NEW YORK ROUNDTABLE FORUM                                                                                                                                                                                                                       \nFor your Calendar\n\n
>SUMMARY:NEW YORK ROUNDTABLE FORUM                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
>PRIORITY:5
>X-MICROSOFT-CDO-IMPORTANCE:1
>CLASS:PUBLIC
>END:VEVENT
>END:VCALENDAR
>

>this creates the following in outlook (see upload)
>
>the time is not 8am as specified in the ics but 3am !!!
>also outlook does not ask for accept/deciline as it does with its own event invitations
>
>what a i doing wrong??
>
>Thanks
>
>Peter