That's not technically valid XML, as there's not closing tag, but assuming you actually meant there to be one...
zone = ""
xmlString = "<messageschedule zone='zone1' />"
xml = CreateObject("roXmlElement")
If xml.Parse(xmlString) Then
zone = xml@zone
End If
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