Comments on: Outlook All Day Events & Timezones (God Help Me)

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:34:53 +0000

2012 and still the same issues

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:34:14 +0000

2012 and still the same issues….

By: William Jenner

William Jenner — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:09:21 +0000

Glad to find this thread – even if it is 4 years after the original post. This Outlook problem is absurd. I travel four weeks to Germany then am back in the U.S. for ten days. The “all day event” is simply removed when I switch time zones (in either direction) and I end up with two-day “events” that, as others have mentioned, also then start on the wrong date from what I originally put in.

There is no way that Microsoft can claim this is “desired behavior” because it’s not even logical. It should be possible to add a checkbox that makes an event “time zone independent” (or “absolute”) on your own computer. If that box is checked and you change time zones, the original DATE would be the driver – not the time zone. If you’re inviting people in other time zones, then the event should be fixed in their time zone as well. Nobody’s would switch. This really doesn’t seem like such a complex tweak to me.

I don’t know why so many companies insist on Outlook. I think it is terrible in many other ways than just the time zone problem.

By: Eddie

Eddie — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:41:05 +0000

Chris,

This looks like it is a good workaround.

Three questions though.
1) I cannot see any options when running the tool. Does it change old appointments or just future ones? (I have appointments going back 10 years that I wouldn’t want changed!)

2) What does it do when you have invited someone to an appointment? Is it changed for them as well?

3) Can it just change all day appointments? Most future timed appointments are in for the right timezone.

By: Cridgit

Cridgit — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:53:26 +0000

Chris, thank you for posting this link. Too bad I moved over to Gmail about 9 months ago but it sure would have made my life easier for years (and maybe kept me on Outlook)

By: Christopher

Christopher — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:53:24 +0000

Go to this link and follow the instructions, especially after the install.

Then you will have resolved this.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=%20E343A233-B9C8-4652-9DD8-AE0F1AF62568&displaylang=en

By: CSMR

CSMR — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:30:46 +0000

Please vote here to encourage Microsoft to fix the all-day event issue:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?cat=&lang=en&cr=US&guid=&sloc=en-us&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.calendaring&tid=470ccedc-c74d-49ad-8e44-a10e5bd84f2b&mid=470ccedc-c74d-49ad-8e44-a10e5bd84f2b&rmid=470ccedc-c74d-49ad-8e44-a10e5bd84f2b&helpful=1&p=1&stgxml=http%3a%2f%2fwww.microsoft.com%2foffice%2fcommunity%2fen-us%2fsettings.xml

By: Shannon

Shannon — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:29:44 +0000

I just went from GMT-7 to GMT-10 , then back to GMT-7. All of my “all day” events are now on the calendar the day before they were originally scheduled.

I’ve found threads similar to this dating back years. Is Microsoft ever going to fix this problem or will we be in time zone hell forever?

By: Cridgit

Cridgit — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:34:52 +0000

I can’t believe some of the above responses from MS – rationalizing dumb design.

How hard can it be to implement such a simple solution which is obviously important to a lot of people? Add a checkbox called “Absolute time” when making an appointment, then display it as local time in the calendar if ticked or leave it as is if unticked. A couple of hours programming – we know it doesn’t get tested

By: steven

steven — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:50:20 +0000

Here is the link.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HP010223091033.aspx

And here’s the last question on there:
ou need appointments to be at fixed times no matter what time zone you are in.

You want an appointment to show on the Calendar at a fixed time no matter what the time zone is. For example, you want to be reminded to take your medication at the same absolute time regardless of the time zone you are in. However, when you change time zones, the appointment changes to reflect the new time zone.

Outlook can’t force an appointment to remain fixed when the time zone changes. If you need the appointment to stay at a fixed time, you should not change your current time zone. You can add the additional time zone to track the other time zone times. To change the time zone setting in Outlook without changing the times for each of your appointments, you must export the data from your Calendar folder, change the time zone setting, and then import the data into Outlook.