TIME 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.

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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.

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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
| appointment times are screwed by the offset
|
| My suggestion is that you fix it..*Chuckles* this shouldnt happen and
| I am sure you agree.
|
| ----------------
| This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
| suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click
| the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the
| 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/comm....calendari ng

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
, "TR"
wrote:

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.

--
Diane 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
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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*

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

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.

--
Milly 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
| appointment times are screwed by the offset
|
| My suggestion is that you fix it..*Chuckles* this shouldnt happen and
| I am sure you agree.
|
| ----------------
| This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
| suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click
| the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the
| 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/comm....calendari ng

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

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:


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
, "TR"
wrote:

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.

--
Diane 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:


Sent using the Microsoft Entourage 2004 for Mac Test Drive.