 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
| HomeDiscussionsAccessExcelInfoPathOutlookPowerPointPublisherWordDirectoryUser Groups Related Topics Outlook ExpressInternet ExplorerWindowsMS Server ProductsMore Topics ... |
MS Office Forum / Outlook / Calendaring / February 2006TIME ZONE CHANGE AFFECTS APPOINTMENT CALENDAR TIMES
oI found that my time zone was reset to some mexican border town. I changed it back to eastern/canada and now all my Outllok Calendar appointment times are screwed by the offset My suggestion is that you fix it..*Chuckles* this shouldnt happen and I am sure you agree. Export your calendar to Excel and fix the times. If your computer had its time set to some town in Mexico, it is not Microsoft's fault.  SignatureMilly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without reading. After furious head-scratching, TR asked this group: | oI found that my time zone was reset to some mexican border town. I | changed it back to eastern/canada and now all my Outllok Calendar [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] | button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft | Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=d3c66777-2b24-4 582-9d4d-d28cb07914d9&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.calendaring SO.. what you are saying is that this is a problem between my seat and my keyboard and the fact that when I discovered the timezone change after adding many appointments to my calendar, and then corrected the time zone, causing all my appointment times to go askew and totally messing up all my notifications.. I would have been better off moving to Mexico and just living with it or exporting my entire calendar (Thousands of entries) to excel and spending a week correcting them? Okie Dokies! I shall do just that! Thanks for the help. TR Signing off from Mexico..*Chuckles* > Export your calendar to Excel and fix the times. If your computer had its > time set to some town in Mexico, it is not Microsoft's fault. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > | > http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=d3c66777-2b24-4 582-9d4d-d28cb07914d9&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.calendaring There is nothing that needs fixing - this is how all email clients work - they display the times in "local" time based on your time zone setting. This allows your appointments to move with you. You can either export the times before changing the time zone, then import, or use outlook's dual time zone feature if the change is temporary. BTW - this issue is documented at both slipstick.com and outlook-tips.net, if you want to "read more about it". On 11/4/05 8:46 PM, in article D3C66777-2B24-4582-9D4D-D28CB07914D9@microsoft.com, "TR" > oI found that my time zone was reset to some mexican border town. I changed > it back to eastern/canada and now all my Outllok Calendar appointment times > are screwed by the offset > > My suggestion is that you fix it..*Chuckles* this shouldnt happen and I am > sure you agree. SignatureDiane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM Sent using the Microsoft Entourage 2004 for Mac Test Drive. Thanks Diane! Your post both informative and polite. and I shal certainly take advantage of the additional material you provided. Thankyou for your professionalism. *En route back to the USA now*.. TR > There is nothing that needs fixing - this is how all email clients work - > they display the times in "local" time based on your time zone setting. This [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > My suggestion is that you fix it..*Chuckles* this shouldnt happen and I am > > sure you agree. OK, but who goes and figures out that if I have a 10am meeting in Sao Paulo next week, but I'm currently in London then I should put the meeting down for 1pm so taht when I get to Sao Paulo and change my clock (so i don't have to do teh calculation every time I look at the clock on the screen) it matches up? Surely it makes more sense not to change the bloody appointment time at all?? > Thanks Diane! Your post both informative and polite. and I shal certainly > take advantage of the additional material you provided. Thankyou for your [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > > My suggestion is that you fix it..*Chuckles* this shouldnt happen and I am > > > sure you agree. use dual time zones and make sure it's set for the correct time on the sao paula zone. SignatureDiane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide) Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM > OK, but who goes and figures out that if I have a 10am meeting in Sao > Paulo [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] >> > > I am >> > > sure you agree. Diane I know you're a volunteer, helping out because you like doing it, and not a Microsoft employee. But the solution you suggest is just not viable or reasonable. My home office is in New York (GMT-5), but I am currently working with (and frequently visiting) clients in Tennessee (GMT-6), Italy (GMT+1), Belgrade (GMT+1), and Australia (GMT+10). And last week I was traveling in Australia, Japan and Los Angeles, and at various times had to schedule calls with people in New York, Los Angeles, Belgrade and London. Plus, I had to figure out if I had free time on my calendar next week. So getting Outlook to display 2 time zones - besides being a PITA to accomplish - was pointless. For what it's worth, the Blackberry also uses the GMT scheme, and so is also just about useless for scheduling cross-zone meetings. (It's amazing how many people I ran into last week who complained about this). About the only reasonable solution I've found is to use the excellent Palm software Datebk5 from Pimlico Software (on a palm OS device), which allows you to schedule appointments on a virtual "home time zone" that doesn't change as you cross time zone boundaries. So the question for the MVPs: How can the users influence MS to implement a different scheme in future versions of Outlook? Thanks. > use dual time zones and make sure it's set for the correct time on the sao > paula zone. [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] >>> > > and I am >>> > > sure you agree. > Diane > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > my calendar next week. So getting Outlook to display 2 time zones - > besides being a PITA to accomplish - was pointless. When I used to travel extensively for work, similarly to your pattern, the dual time zones worked well. Right-clicking on the time column, select change time zone, select from the drop down - sure it's four clicks (which I didn't think was a PITA), but it was fast enough to do on the fly, and to ensure that I got the meeting times right. SignatureHebelyon "Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use." Using XanaNews 1.17.6.6 you could save a couple of clicks by creating reg files with the zone data. I also use windows time zone utilities that show me times in other zones, so I don't need to change the zone on my laptop. SignatureDiane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide) Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM >> Diane >> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > clicks (which I didn't think was a PITA), but it was fast enough to do > on the fly, and to ensure that I got the meeting times right.
|
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2008 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.