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Is there a Way to format an email so that it goes directly to my Calendar?

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Is there a Way to format an email so that it goes directly to my Calendar? TanKCR 1/26/12 3:14 AM I would love to be able to shoot myself an email from work, with some kind of formatting that would add it to my calendar, is there a way to do this?
Re: Is there a Way to format an email so that it goes directly to my Calendar? J-Way 1/26/12 6:14 AM Not currently possible to do this automatically. Your options are: 1. Send an email to yourself with the info in the subject line (It may also work with the info in the body). When reading the email in gmail an "Add to Calendar" link should pop up in
Re: Is there a Way to format an email so that it goes directly to my Calendar? bickerdyke 1/26/12 12:34 PM Did that last week as part of my work project. You need to attach the event as an ical/ics file.
Re: Is there a Way to format an email so that it goes directly to my Calendar? john.galloway 2/13/12 4:59 AM J-Way says :"1. Send an email to yourself with the info in the subject line (It may also work with the info in the body). When reading the email in gmail an "Add to Calendar" link should pop up in the right column with the event info parsed out."   w
Re: Is there a Way to format an email so that it goes directly to my Calendar? bickerdyke 2/13/12 8:42 AM Could that feature perhaps have been a Labs feature?
Re: Is there a Way to format an email so that it goes directly to my Calendar? john.galloway 4/25/12 1:02 AM not according to http://support.google.com/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=37169 which says: Gmail offers an easy, convenient way to create events from your inbox. If you're reading an email that contains info you'd like to add to your Google Cal
Re: Is there a Way to format an email so that it goes directly to my Calendar? john.galloway 6/18/12 6:28 AM still no sign of anything remotely resembling "Create event" on my "More" options.i just wish Google actually get their documentation right.there are simply too many things, which should be possible with Google Apps, that aren't. 
Re: Is there a Way to format an email so that it goes directly to my Calendar? J-Way 6/18/12 3:20 PM I just tried it. I sent an email from my work computer (Groupwise) with the subject "Meeting with Jim at 2:00pm 6/19/1012". See picture attached. I opened the email in gmail (using Firefox on a PC, not my phone), and clicked the "More" button. "Mark