Outlook should not alter scheduled times according to time zones

[Guest]

When an meeting invitation is sent from one time zone to another (New York to
London) the recepient in London accepts the invitation in their local time
zone rather than the time orginally set. Therefore, an invitation to a New
York meeting next week at 10:00 am shows up to the invited guest as a 3:00 pm
meeting.

Outlook users do not adjust their computers to a new time zone because all
their meetings are rescheduled to funny and irrelant times.

When a meeting is scheduled for a specific time (e.g. 10 am), it is always
going to be 10:00 am whether it is in Seattle, London, Tokyo or Sydney...not
10:00 in New York and 4:00 pm whereever else. 95% of people using Outlook
are scheduling meetings for their own calendars, not for other people in
other time zones. I could see the application for a conference call in New
York at 10:00 showing up as a 3pm call in London...but that is rarely used.

Please fix this.

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[Brian Tillman]

I could see the application
for a conference call in New York at 10:00 showing up as a 3pm call
in London...but that is rarely used.

Perhaps at your company, but it is essential at ours. We schedule meetings
for all our US sites (from Washington state to Wiashington DC) and with our
European sites and our meetings MUST allow for the time differences.
Outlook does this job well.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

use dual time zones when scheduling or stop changing the computer's time
zone.
http://www.slipstick.com/calendar/timezone.htm

 

[Guest]

But we NEED to change computer time zone for gzillion reasons, synchronising
it with our PDA's for example. If our PDA is not telling us time of the
current place, what good does it make to have it?!?!?

use dual time zones when scheduling or stop changing the computer's time
zone.
http://www.slipstick.com/calendar/timezone.htm

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/

When an meeting invitation is sent from one time zone to another (New York
to
London) the recepient in London accepts the invitation in their local time
zone rather than the time orginally set. Therefore, an invitation to a New
York meeting next week at 10:00 am shows up to the invited guest as a 3:00
pm
meeting.

Outlook users do not adjust their computers to a new time zone because all
their meetings are rescheduled to funny and irrelant times.

When a meeting is scheduled for a specific time (e.g. 10 am), it is always
going to be 10:00 am whether it is in Seattle, London, Tokyo or
Sydney...not
10:00 in New York and 4:00 pm whereever else. 95% of people using Outlook
are scheduling meetings for their own calendars, not for other people in
other time zones. I could see the application for a conference call in New
York at 10:00 showing up as a 3pm call in London...but that is rarely
used.

Please fix this.

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[Josh Einstein]

The way Outlook/Pocket PC works for time zones is the correct way. What you
are asking for is for Outlook to lie.

When your computer is in Eastern Time Zone for example and you create a
meeting that starts at 4:00 PM, that is when the meeting starts -- at 4PM
Eastern or 8PM UTC.

So now lets say you change the time zone to Pacific Time, that meeting is
going to correctly say 1:00 PM Pacific because *that is the time you said
the meeting was starting*. People just do not understand time zones and this
is the reason why I hate them. Time is constant, people. Time does not
change just because you are in a different longitude.

Fortunately, in Outlook 2007, Outlook makes it easier for you to specify the
global time of an appointment by providing you with a time zone selection
and doing the calculation for you.

One area that I think is bad is all-day events when changing time zones.
Outlook should "snap" it to 12a-12a since by design things like holidays and
birthdays aren't bound by times, but dates.

--
Josh Einstein / Tablet PC MVP
Einstein Technologies, LLC
-----------------------------------------------------
Tablet Enhancements for Outlook 3.0 Now Available
Unleash the potential of Outlook on your Tablet PC, Origami, or UMPC.
Try it for 15 days - http://www.tabletoutlook.com/Go.ashx?id=ng

But we NEED to change computer time zone for gzillion reasons,
synchronising
it with our PDA's for example. If our PDA is not telling us time of the
current place, what good does it make to have it?!?!?

use dual time zones when scheduling or stop changing the computer's time
zone.
http://www.slipstick.com/calendar/timezone.htm

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/

When an meeting invitation is sent from one time zone to another (New
York
to
London) the recepient in London accepts the invitation in their local
time
zone rather than the time orginally set. Therefore, an invitation to a
New
York meeting next week at 10:00 am shows up to the invited guest as a
3:00
pm
meeting.

Outlook users do not adjust their computers to a new time zone because
all
their meetings are rescheduled to funny and irrelant times.

When a meeting is scheduled for a specific time (e.g. 10 am), it is
always
going to be 10:00 am whether it is in Seattle, London, Tokyo or
Sydney...not
10:00 in New York and 4:00 pm whereever else. 95% of people using
Outlook
are scheduling meetings for their own calendars, not for other people
in
other time zones. I could see the application for a conference call in
New
York at 10:00 showing up as a 3pm call in London...but that is rarely
used.

Please fix this.

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[Guest]

Try working like this if you are living in/traveling to/ working with Israel.
I am sure there are other countries too that have problems like these.
Time Zones in Windows just don't work properly!!!

And, feature that you are mentioning in 2007 doesn't exist in 2003.

The way Outlook/Pocket PC works for time zones is the correct way. What you
are asking for is for Outlook to lie.

When your computer is in Eastern Time Zone for example and you create a
meeting that starts at 4:00 PM, that is when the meeting starts -- at 4PM
Eastern or 8PM UTC.

So now lets say you change the time zone to Pacific Time, that meeting is
going to correctly say 1:00 PM Pacific because *that is the time you said
the meeting was starting*. People just do not understand time zones and this
is the reason why I hate them. Time is constant, people. Time does not
change just because you are in a different longitude.

Fortunately, in Outlook 2007, Outlook makes it easier for you to specify the
global time of an appointment by providing you with a time zone selection
and doing the calculation for you.

One area that I think is bad is all-day events when changing time zones.
Outlook should "snap" it to 12a-12a since by design things like holidays and
birthdays aren't bound by times, but dates.

--
Josh Einstein / Tablet PC MVP
Einstein Technologies, LLC
-----------------------------------------------------
Tablet Enhancements for Outlook 3.0 Now Available
Unleash the potential of Outlook on your Tablet PC, Origami, or UMPC.
Try it for 15 days - http://www.tabletoutlook.com/Go.ashx?id=ng

But we NEED to change computer time zone for gzillion reasons,
synchronising
it with our PDA's for example. If our PDA is not telling us time of the
current place, what good does it make to have it?!?!?

use dual time zones when scheduling or stop changing the computer's time
zone.
http://www.slipstick.com/calendar/timezone.htm

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/






When an meeting invitation is sent from one time zone to another (New
York
to
London) the recepient in London accepts the invitation in their local
time
zone rather than the time orginally set. Therefore, an invitation to a
New
York meeting next week at 10:00 am shows up to the invited guest as a
3:00
pm
meeting.

Outlook users do not adjust their computers to a new time zone because
all
their meetings are rescheduled to funny and irrelant times.

When a meeting is scheduled for a specific time (e.g. 10 am), it is
always
going to be 10:00 am whether it is in Seattle, London, Tokyo or
Sydney...not
10:00 in New York and 4:00 pm whereever else. 95% of people using
Outlook
are scheduling meetings for their own calendars, not for other people
in
other time zones. I could see the application for a conference call in
New
York at 10:00 showing up as a 3pm call in London...but that is rarely
used.

Please fix this.

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