You forgot to encode

I didn't forget...I didn't know I needed to...

Simple way to fix

The open pragma is new to me...thanks for bringing it to my attention.

I've been reading the documentation and an ikegami answer on SO and I am unsure what use open ":std", ":encoding(UTF-8)"; is doing that isn't already there from use utf8; and Content-type: text/calendar; charset=utf-8;

":std" apply the layer to the global filehandles STDIN, STDOUt and STDERR - is that right?

But what is the difference between ":encoding(UTF-8)" and ":utf8"? I gather utf8 is a Perl specific implementation of UTF-8 but how does this difference manifest in practical terms?

UPDATE:
Somehow I missed use open in kcott's excellent answer here Re: Another Unicode/emoji question

---

---

Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!

Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.

Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.

Please read these before you post! —

• How do I compose an effective node title?
• How do I post a question effectively?
• Markup in the Monastery

Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:

a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr

You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)

	For:		Use:
	&		&
	<		&lt;
	>		&gt;
	[		&#91;
	]		&#93;

Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?

See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.