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Found by CodeRabbit's review of #602 as an outside-diff finding. The bug is older than #601 and #602 and is on master as well.

Before parsing, parseContentLine() removed every double quote from a line that contains TZID=, so that a quoted TZID value could be resolved. That also unquoted every other parameter on the line, and a colon inside one of them then ended the parameters:

Input	Before	After
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York;X-NOTE="a:b":20260101T100000	start "b:20260101T100000" (a string, no date)	2026-01-01T15:00:00.000Z, tz America/New_York
DTSTART;X-NOTE="a:b";TZID="America/New_York":20260101T100000	start "b;TZID=America/New_York:20260101T100000"	same as above

Change

ical.js: a line with a TZID is split into its parameters with the content-line pattern, which keeps quoted values whole. Only a parameter named TZID loses its quotes, and so does the property value. Other quoted parameters keep their quotes, so their colons stay part of the parameter, and a ;TZID= inside another quoted value is not taken for the real TZID.

Kept as before:

• a line that does not parse this way still loses all its quotes, so malformed lines such as TZID="Europe/Berlin:… behave as before;
• a "(UTC+01:00) …" TZID keeps its quotes;
• TZID="tzone://Microsoft/Utc" still reaches the existing repair in the date handler unchanged;
• quotes around the value (…:"20260101T100000") are still removed.

Tests

New test/tzid-quoted-parameters.test.js:

• a colon inside another quoted parameter, with the TZID quoted or not, before or after that parameter, and with ;TZID= inside the other parameter's quotes;
• a quoted TZID and quotes around the value still work;
• a quoted Windows zone with a UTC offset still works.

Without the fix, the first test fails.

Checks run locally

• npm test: type tests, xo, 275 passing.
• All fixtures in test/fixtures/ parse to the same output as on master, apart from randomly generated UUIDs. I also compared 13 TZID variants (quoted, unquoted, Windows zones, tzone://, unclosed quotes, empty TZID, EXDATE, VALUE=DATE) against master: only the two cases in the table changed.
• Merged with fix: keep parameters with a list of quoted values #602 (now on master): no conflicts, npm test 281 passing, and DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York;X-FOO="a:b","c":20260101T100000 gives the right date and time zone.

Not run locally: the CI matrix on Windows and macOS.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved parsing of quoted time-zone parameters while preserving quotes in other parameters. Colons and embedded TZID= text inside quoted parameters are handled more reliably, and quoted time-zone names and date values remain readable.
• Tests
  • Added coverage for quoted and unquoted New York time-zone values, parameters containing colons or TZID=, quoted date-time values, and quoted Windows time-zone names with UTC offsets.

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The parser now handles quoted TZID parameters separately from other quoted parameters on eligible content lines. New tests check parsed dates, timezones, and UTC offsets for quoted values.

Changes: Quoted TZID parsing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Parse quoted TZID values ical.js, test/tzid-quoted-parameters.test.js	The parser removes quotes from quoted TZID parameters and content-line values while retaining quotes in other parameters. If content-line parsing fails, it removes all quotes as before. Tests cover quoted parameter values and parsed dates, timezones, and UTC offsets.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Possibly related PRs

• jens-maus/node-ical#602: Updates content-line and parameter patterns used by this parsing path.
• jens-maus/node-ical#601: Changes parameter extraction in the same parsing function and uses quoted-value matching relevant to this parsing path.

Merge Risk: Low · up to 8ae13

Some parsed parameter values change type, potentially affecting consumers. Merge with awareness of this compatibility risk.

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- Around line 266-270: Update the TZID normalization logic in the
line-processing block around CONTENT_LINE so it only unquotes TZID values at
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26-32: Trivial · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win

Test preservation of the parameter value

DTSTART does not expose X-NOTE, so these assertions cannot detect its loss. Add a case for a property that exposes parameters. For example, SUMMARY can verify that a quoted value containing both a colon and TZID= remains intact.

Suggested fix

   });
 
+  it('preserves a quoted parameter containing TZID text', () => {
+    const event = ical.sync.parseICS([
+      'BEGIN:VCALENDAR',
+      'VERSION:2.0',
+      'BEGIN:VEVENT',
+      'UID:quoted-summary@test',
+      'DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z',
+      'DTSTART:20260101T100000Z',
+      'SUMMARY;X-NOTE="a:b;TZID=foo":Meeting',
+      'END:VEVENT',
+      'END:VCALENDAR',
+    ].join('\r\n'))['quoted-summary@test'];
+
+    assert.equal(event.summary.params['X-NOTE'], 'a:b;TZID=foo');
+    assert.equal(event.summary.val, 'Meeting');
+  });
+
   it('still reads a quoted TZID and quotes around the value', () => {

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Review comment at @test/tzid-quoted-parameters.test.js around lines 26 - 32:
The DTSTART assertions do not verify that X-NOTE survives parsing. Add a SUMMARY
case to the quoted-parameter tests and assert that its X-NOTE parameter retains
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- Line 271: Update the parameter handling around QUOTED_TZID and nameValue so
identifying quoted parameter boundaries preserves the previous value coercion.
Ensure quoted numeric and boolean-like values retain their parsed types, and add
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- Around line 26-32: The DTSTART assertions do not verify that X-NOTE survives
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