Indiana Time Zone Changeover

[Guest]

Does Microsoft have an official position on Indiana's impeding timezone
change? We are dealing with several thousand Windows, Outlook and Exchange
users. How is the timezone change going to affect all of our Calendar data?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Open a support call with Microsoft or wait until the impending change is
closer for their official response and possible workaround/fix.

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After furious head scratching, Mark Castelli asked:

| Does Microsoft have an official position on Indiana's impeding
| timezone change? We are dealing with several thousand Windows,
| Outlook and Exchange users. How is the timezone change going to
| affect all of our Calendar data?

 

[Guest]

Milly, thanks for the reply. Microsoft does have an official position on
changing timezones and by all accounts, it is not acceptable. Article 906864
suggests exporting all calendar data, changing the timezone in Outlook and
reimporting the data. I hope there is more ideal solution in the works.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Microsoft will probably come up with a solution when it gets closer to the
actual change. The article you posted is for general purposes, not specific
to the Indiana DST changes. They have already posted an article (much
booed) for the Australia games problem. They will most likely do the same
(hopefully with better results) for the Indiana DST changes.

--
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, Mark Castelli asked:

| Milly, thanks for the reply. Microsoft does have an official
| position on changing timezones and by all accounts, it is not
| acceptable. Article 906864 suggests exporting all calendar data,
| changing the timezone in Outlook and reimporting the data. I hope
| there is more ideal solution in the works.
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Open a support call with Microsoft or wait until the impending
|| change is closer for their official response and possible
|| workaround/fix.
||
|| --Â
|| 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, Mark Castelli asked:
||
||| Does Microsoft have an official position on Indiana's impeding
||| timezone change? We are dealing with several thousand Windows,
||| Outlook and Exchange users. How is the timezone change going to
||| affect all of our Calendar data?

 

[dolphinsms]

Has anyone heard any updates on this situation? I'm also in agreement
that the posted article is not an acceptable solution.

I have heard from a local MS rep that a knowledgebase article is in the
works. Just wondering if anyone has more information on the subject.

We have determined that all appointments scheduled prior to the
server/desktop time zone being changed from Indiana to Eastern
(observer DST) for dates that fall between April 2 and October 30 will
show an hour later than they should.

It is getting close to this changeover and information would be
helpful.

 

[Guest]

I have yet to hear anything. I plan to contact Microsoft Support this week
for more answers.

 

[Guest]

Please refer to the technote article below:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/914837/en-us

I have yet to read it.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Please refer to the technote article below:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/914837/en-us

I have yet to read it.

It says simply that people currently using the "Indiana" time zone should
change to using either the Central or Eastern time zones as appropriate to
their county.

 

[Guest]

I would like to know more on how to solve this problem as does anyone who
uses or administers Outlook in the State of Indiana. The current fix is
rather time consuming; the loss of data is a probable outcome.

Will the procedure be the same for Public Calenders? I would guess yes.

The time change is now two weeks away. I need to schedule staff and prep
users on how we'll fix this. We'll be exporting calenders and making backups,
but a simpler fix would be appreciated.

Sincerely, Greg Filter
Boone REMC

 

[smills29]

You can find an excellent program that will take care of adjusting the
calender at http://www.somersetcpas.com/dst works great!