outlook-calendar-export

You can export Outlook calendar entries to Markdown files by running a PowerShell script that accesses Outlook via COM, retrieving appointments within a specified date range to create individual Markdown files and a consolidated index.

Yes, the PowerShell export script supports IncludeRecurrences to expand recurring meetings into individual occurrences, generating a separate Markdown file for each expanded calendar appointment.

No, the calendar export requires Windows because it uses Outlook COM access via PowerShell to read appointments from the local default Outlook calendar application.

Encoding issues occur when BOM is present; the export script uses UTF-8 without BOM encoding for the Markdown files to avoid Git diffs across different PowerShell versions.

The best way to archive calendars for offline access is exporting Outlook appointments to Markdown files, which generates a navigable _INDEX.md grouping appointments by month alongside individual entry files.

Yes, Outlook must be installed on Windows because the PowerShell script relies on COM access to interact with the default Outlook calendar and extract appointment data for Markdown conversion.