Problem with Task Reminders

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Vince

Hello,

I am having a problem with task reminders in Outlook
2003. This is what is happening:

I will create a task. Let's say it is due on the 20th.
I will then set it to remind me on the 19th. However
when the reminder appears on the 19th, it is telling me
that the task is overdue, and it is stating that the due
date is whatever I set the reminder date as. Is this a
problem with Outlook 2003? Note that the task is not
overdue on the 19th, but it is telling me that it is.

If you reply, please reply to my email. I'm not sure I
will be able to dig down to this page again.

Many thanks in advance to those who will reply.

- Vince
 
Have you accessed your Outlook data files either from Outlook Web Access or
from synching with a PDA or something like that? If so was the time zone set
for that remote access the same as your local time zone? If not that can
cause various problems in a MAPI property that is used for converting stored
date/times from GMT to local times.

First of all do you have the same offset problem with other reminder types
like on emails or contacts or appointments? If so you would need to run some
macro code using CDO 1.21 (an optional installation for Outlook 2000 and
later) that would reset the TimeZone option to your local time zone.

If this sounds like your problem then I can post 2 macros, one to read what
is set for that MAPI property and one to change it. Please post your local
time zone if you need to use these macros.
 
I have never used Outlook Web Access, nor have I synched
it with a PDA. What is a MAPI property? I am in the US
EST time zone.

Do you think it could be something else, since I have
never done any of the things that you described above?

Yes, the reminders are constantly having this problem. I
just created an example, and took a screenshot to show
you. The screenshot has the Task window, and the
Reminder window open. Check out the image here:
http://www.arcadiadesigns.com/stuff/public/reminder.JPG

Notice how I have NO due date set, yet it is marking the
due date as what my reminder time is. Also as time
progresses, it is marking the Task as X minutes over
due. For example at 3:53, my task was 3 minutes over
due. It does this for all reminders, regardless of
whether or not there is a due date set, regardless of
what the reminder is for.

What is going on here?
 
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