Error: Create Calendar Event failed because start time is too far in the past [Solved]

[Zabobon]

@Nige_S

I wonder if, unlike me, you have enough events in that calendar that the script barfs when filtering them all...

I think that's probably it - is the AppleScript looking at all the events in a particular Calendar and getting the latest one? I have thousands of events in my Calendar.

Currently, to create new Calendar events I'm using a variation of this Macro by @Jim

Jim's Add an Event to Apple Calendar Macro:

Rather than using a subscription based utility (like Fantastical), I wanted to be able to add an event to Apple Calendar with all of the details in place. What follows is my solution, done in AppleScript. It uses multiple AppleScript dialog boxes to collect information (using lists or suggestions), then it creates the event for you. The only option I did not include was an end time. Since my events are most often an hour, I use that as my default. It even grabs the URL from the front tab in Sa…

It works well and ends with the simple command "show newEvent". But I couldn't adapt that AppleScript command to work to open a new event created by the native Keyboard Maestro Action.