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Microsoft Calendar
Michael Myers, Photographer
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Miami Beach | FL | USA | Posted: 2:19 AM on 11.27.09 |
->> Are there any tricks for using Microsoft Calendar (part of Outlook) that recognize what time zone you will be in? I use this on my compter, and sync the information with my phone.
If I make reservations to fly from NYC to LA, and then another flight to Singapore, I like to enter all this into Calendar. When I get to LA, my phone automatically updates because of the time change, and my calendar entries are no longer correct.
Is one of the two options possible?
a) enter the information into my phone, and if my flight from LA is at 3pm, tell the program that this is 3pm LOCAL time (in this case, for LA)?
b) tell the calendar program on my phone that when it updates the time, to NOT update the calendar entries?
I know that I could just do the adjusting by three hours manually, but suppose I was flying to London for a 10am meeting the following day. Unless I want to figure out the difference in time zone manually, the only way I can now think to do this, is to first set the phone to London time, then enter the meeting information, and then set the phone back to my local time zone.
There's got to be a better way to do all this.... |
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Brian Garfinkel, Photographer, Assistant
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Swarthmore | PA | United States | Posted: 12:36 PM on 11.27.09 |
->> Michael,
I have run into this as well.
Your iPhone will automatically adjust to local time but your Exchange Calendar will stay in the time zone that is specified in the Calendar settings. Once this is updated you will get your reminders as expected.
-Brian |
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Dan Mendlik, Photographer
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North Ridgeville | OH | USA | Posted: 5:04 PM on 11.27.09 |
->> It isn't automatic like a cell phone since there is nothing to automatically tell Outlook what time zone you are in but you can change time zone in Outlook yourself.
Tools>Options
Calendar Options
Time Zone
Pick your time zone |
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Chuck Steenburgh, Photographer
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Lexington | VA | USA | Posted: 4:10 AM on 11.28.09 |
| ->> This one is easy. When traveling, I leave my wristwatch on Eastern (home) time. I find it easy to remember what time zone I'm in, so everything in Outlook is right by my watch and I just do the math when I need local time. |
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Michael Myers, Photographer
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Miami Beach | FL | USA | Posted: 3:55 AM on 11.29.09 |
->> Hmm, first, I'm using a Windows phone, not an iphone. I'm using Microsoft Office Outlook Calendar. And yes, the time zone and all entries update automatically as soon as I turn the phone back on.
Second, when I change the time zone on my laptop (or my phone) ALL the "times" on my phone change.
Better to give an example.
I'm in Miami and I enter all my flight times of a trip to Asia. The airline tells me my flight from LA to Hong Kong leaves at 9pm, so I enter that into Calendar as 9pm (but while entering this, I'm still in Miami, and my phone is still on Eastern Time.) The time they've given me is Pacific Time, which makes sense as people will probably reset their watches when they arrive in the new city.
I arrive at LA, and my phone automatically updates to Pacific time, no longer is it on Eastern. If I check my calendar entry on my phone, my flight time is no longer listed as 9pm - it will now say 6pm, three hours too early.
I need a way to enter the time as "9pm Pacific Time", so when I'm in that part of the world, my phone will display useful information. Or, I need some other work-around that achieves this result.
I suppose I could always change my phone back to EST to get the calendar entries correct (at least those that I've entered in Miami) but then the time display will be wrong. To make things worse, I enter things into Calendar from all over the world. I may or may not remember where I was when I entered something.
Chuck's answer is probably the easiest, but while doing the math may be easy most of the time, it is anything but when it's the middle of the night according to my body, regardless of what the local clocks say. I've almost missed flights because of this.
Actually, for airplane flights, I only use this for reference, having paperwork in my pockets as to flight times, and my watch usually being adjusted accordingly. It's all the other things that I'd like to use Calendar for. Suppose I do have a meeting at 10am in London. I'd like my phone to automatically "beep" the advance warning about the upcoming meeting thirty minutes before the meeting, not 6 hours and thirty minutes.... :-) |
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John Lariviere, Photographer
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Tigard | OR | USA | Posted: 4:23 PM on 11.29.09 |
->> Michael,
This might help. In Outlook, you can add a second time zone to display on the calendar. In the calendar, right-click on the gray column where the hours are displayed. Select "Change Time Zone." Select the option to "Show an additional time zone" and set up the time zone you are traveling to. You now will have two time zones displayed in Outlook...your "home" time and the time you are traveling to with the calendar appointments corresponding to the appropriate times in each time zone. You can also toggle back-and-forth between the time zones easily by using the "Swap Time Zones" option in the same dialog box. So when you arrive at your destination, you simply right-click in the time column...select the "Change Time Zone" option and hit the "Swap Time Zones" button...and Outlook will not be working in the local time of your destination. |
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Michael Myers, Photographer
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Miami Beach | FL | USA | Posted: 1:32 PM on 12.06.09 |
->> Hmm, fascinating! I never knew that. First of all, THANKS, as I think this will be very handy in the future.
I'll have to check if this also works with Windows Mobile. I did a quick search, but haven't found anything yet. Will check more thoroughly.
If I had my druthers, I'd like to be able to enter something in Calendar with not only the time, but also something indicating the time zone. That way if my flight from LAX left at 9pm California time, I could enter it directly as 9pm, and select the appropriate time zone for California. Maybe Office 2010 will have this feature...
Thanks again - it certainly beats having to re-set my whole computer back to EST to see what I originally entered correctly. |
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