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wmllmw - 03 Apr 2006 03:42 GMT

My work day starts at 9:00 PM and ends at 5:00 AM. When I attempt to enter
this in Calendar Options, I'm halted with the statement " The end date you
entered occurs before the start date." Is there a way around this?
Outlook 2003 (11.8010.6568) SP2

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Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook] - 03 Apr 2006 12:03 GMT

As far as I know, no. It's normally expected that the start time be before
the end time based on a single day. I don't think there's support for
wrap-around schedules like yours.

> My work day starts at 9:00 PM and ends at 5:00 AM. When I attempt to
> enter
> this in Calendar Options, I'm halted with the statement " The end date you
> entered occurs before the start date." Is there a way around this?
> Outlook 2003 (11.8010.6568) SP2

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wmllmw - 15 Apr 2006 08:40 GMT

Thank you, your answer seems to be the consensus. One would hope that MS
will eventually allow for night shift people.

> As far as I know, no. It's normally expected that the start time be before
> the end time based on a single day. I don't think there's support for
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> > entered occurs before the start date." Is there a way around this?
> > Outlook 2003 (11.8010.6568) SP2

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] - 15 Apr 2006 18:23 GMT

It is an often requested feature that may eventually make it into the
calendar but, from what I understand, it is hard to program it to work
correctly alongside "normal" shift times.

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| Thank you, your answer seems to be the consensus. One would hope
| that MS will eventually allow for night shift people.
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||| date you entered occurs before the start date." Is there a way
||| around this? Outlook 2003 (11.8010.6568) SP2

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Jackie C - 03 Apr 2006 16:06 GMT

In Outlook you cannot define an end time after 11:30pm; therefore, the
work day must end by 11:30p

> My work day starts at 9:00 PM and ends at 5:00 AM. When I attempt to enter
> this in Calendar Options, I'm halted with the statement " The end date you
> entered occurs before the start date." Is there a way around this?
> Outlook 2003 (11.8010.6568) SP2

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Brian Tillman - 03 Apr 2006 19:25 GMT

> In Outlook you cannot define an end time after 11:30pm; therefore, the
> work day must end by 11:30p

I don't believe this is true. You can enter any end time you wish. The
drop-down may not have the selection you want, but you can type what you
want in the field. "11:58 PM", for example, works just fine.

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