Can I add an appointment using a different time zone?

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dmc - 14 Mar 2007 16:40 GMT

I am scheduling appointments for myself that will be taking place in
different parts of the country and would like to know if I can change the
time zone for a particular appointment while creating it.

For example: I am in the Eastern Time Zone, but will need to call in to a
conference call that will be scheduled at 3:00pm in the Pacific Time Zone. I
would like to be able to create an appt with the starting time 3:00pm PT and
have it show up on my calendar using ET (6:00pm ET). Is this possible to do
without having to actually switch time zones before creating the appointment?

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aryasnow@sunflower.com - 14 Mar 2007 16:45 GMT

Using your example, if you set up the appointment using the ET of
6:00pm, and then, when you get to Pacific, just change the timezone in
outlook, the appointment will automatically be moved to PT.

Not sure if this helps you or not.

> I am scheduling appointments for myself that will be taking place in
> different parts of the country and would like to know if I can change the
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> have it show up on my calendar using ET (6:00pm ET). Is this possible to do
> without having to actually switch time zones before creating the appointment?

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dmc - 14 Mar 2007 16:55 GMT

Thanks for responding, but I'm really trying to find a way to enter the appts
and have the correct time calculate automatically. This way all I have to do
is enter the correct time zone and don't have to mess around with the "time
zone math" adding and/or subtracting hours, and keeping up with whether or
not daylight savings time is observed (for ex. in Hawaii they don't observe
DST).

> Using your example, if you set up the appointment using the ET of
> 6:00pm, and then, when you get to Pacific, just change the timezone in
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> > have it show up on my calendar using ET (6:00pm ET). Is this possible to do
> > without having to actually switch time zones before creating the appointment?

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Brian Tillman - 14 Mar 2007 22:14 GMT

> Thanks for responding, but I'm really trying to find a way to enter
> the appts and have the correct time calculate automatically. This
> way all I have to do is enter the correct time zone and don't have to
> mess around with the "time zone math" adding and/or subtracting
> hours, and keeping up with whether or not daylight savings time is
> observed (for ex. in Hawaii they don't observe DST).

Just add it in your own time zone.

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F.H. Muffman - 15 Mar 2007 00:10 GMT

You can in Outlook 2007. There's a Time Zones button in the ribbon that
will add a timezone drop down next to the time.

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dmc - 17 Mar 2007 02:16 GMT

Thanks for your response. That is the functionality I'm looking for!

> > Thanks for responding, but I'm really trying to find a way to enter
> > the appts and have the correct time calculate automatically. This
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> You can in Outlook 2007. There's a Time Zones button in the ribbon that
> will add a timezone drop down next to the time.

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