Export dates from ical file (Python)

export_ical_dates.py

from icalendar import Calendar, Event

fp = open('basic.ics', 'r')
icalStr = "".join(line for line in fp)
fp.close()

cal = Calendar.from_ical(icalStr)
dates = []

# Add start datetimes of events to list for sorting
for c in cal.walk('VEVENT'):
	dates.append(c.decoded('DTSTART'))

# Print out dates in ISO 8601 format (earliest first)
for d in sorted(dates):
	print d.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')