Outlook Time Zones Everlasting Nightmare

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Dear Microsoft!!!
I am using MS Outlook 2003 (11.8010.8036) SP2.
I was just reviewing posts regarding this everlasting problem with Microsoft
Outlook as I am trying to fight that problem with appointments being moved to
a different time zone when changing time zone setting in my computer since
years.
There are many people like me (actually more and more people who are
travelling). When I am sitting in Calgary at my desk and am negotiating with
my partner in Europe, we are planning our meeting in Berlin for instance for
2:00 PM, I completely do not care at the moment what time zone he is in, as I
am simply entering meeting entry into my Outlook Calendar for 2:00 PM because
I will be there on that day so for me 2:00 PM is 2:00 PM and that is it! I do
not want to miss the apoointment just because I am going to change time zone
in my PC after landing in Berlin and suddenly that particular appointment
will be shifted by 8 hours.
As there are many people with different needs, I do not want to argue with
you or with anybody, I just want to BEG YOU to add simple option which will
active or deactivate this feature in Outlook as needed. Is this really so
difficult and so impossible these days to add one simple option which will
finish everlasting nightmares and missed appointments and flights etc. of
thousands of people, and never-ending discussions and arguing whether it
should work this way or another? YOU GUYS are doing so much more complicated
tasks, and so many things are possible these days. Why you do not want to
listen and to accept that request from so many people and are forcing one
concept for so many years? I am already tired after so many years I was
dreaming about and hoping it will exist in newer version of Outlook, but
unfortunately so many years past and it is still not added to Outlook.
I am travelling across the world and working internationally. Isn't it
really sick that since years I am keeping my computer on MST just to be sure
I will not miss anything? It is so easy and useful to change time zone in a
PC with just a few cliks without touching clock settings, and I can not use
it!
For many years I was simply changing clock settings but then all other
applications showing me the clocks from around the world are simply showing
me wrong times.
Please reconsider it and I beg you to add this feature in 2007 Office
Edition. This is my dream: I am opening Tools>Options>Calendar settings and
am deactivating Outlook's sensitivity to time zone changing. To beautiful to
be the truth?
Thank you very much!

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http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...c3d75&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.calendaring
 
outlook 2007 does not have an option to lock appointments to set time
periods, but it does give you the option of creating appointments for a
specific time zone - i.e., if you have an appointment on the west coast at 2
pm, you would choose 2 pm, pacific time when setting the appointment.
 
Thank you for your reply. I do appreciate it very much.
I understand how it works but still, it is for me like having one more thing
to
remember and I have so many things to remember that I would prefer to be
freed from it. What if being in a constant rush I will enter an appointment
forgetting
that I have to assign correct time zone to it? Again, it will be moved to a
different
one after time zone change in my PC. Additionally, it will slow down entering
data, as I will always have to figure it out what time zone to select for
different
parts of the world. Is a city using this one or that one? In US it is
relatively easy,
but travelling across the world I have duties all over the globe and I would
prefer
to think only once what time zone I am currently in while changing time zone
in
my notebook computer after landing there instead of thinking about it every
time
while entering data into my calendar. It may be in some circumstances
confusing
and difficult to find out during a phone converstaion with someone with whom
I am talking and planning things whether a city is still using this or that
time zone.
As I already wrote, 2:00 PM is 2:00 PM for me. When I am opening my eyes
in Buenos Aires and am checking my plans for a day, I see an appointment at
2:00
PM and I want to be 100% sure that it is not wrong just because I did not
assign
correct time zone while storing this entry. I am sure that even having this
new
feature that alows us to assign proper time zone for entries I will be still
not using
it as this is completely useless for someone who is changing location
constantly and
travelling not only within US, but all over the world. To much complicated
in my
opinion and to complex. Believe me, when I accepted (with pain of course)
the fact,
that I can not change time zone in my PC to keep my calendar perfectly
correct, my
life has changed for better. But it is pity that in order to make things
clear and
correct I have to keep my computer set for one time zone and being now in
Europe
I have to always check time using my watch instead of seeing it on my
computer screen which is showing me always MST.
By the way, could you also tell me what happens with all those appointments
set
for MST when I am changing computer's time zone? Is Outlook still showing
2:00 PM after the change or only the appointments set for particular time zone
I am currently in are on place? If everything is shifted except the
appointments
for the zone I am currently in it is again useless for me, as I need to see
at what
time and on which day I will be performing a concert in Tokyo when sitting in
a hotel in Berlin and talking to my Japanese manager. So I always need to see
original time planned for an activity somewhere in the world because in any
other
case I will have to jungle with time zone settings of my PC to see the
truth, and
for instance, being in Berlin I and talking over the phone to my Japanese
partner
I will have to momentarily switch to his time zone to tell him at what time
we will
be eating dinner.
Am I completely wrong? I do not know how it works in Outlook 2007 so I assume
that I may be completely wrong.

Diane Poremsky said:
outlook 2007 does not have an option to lock appointments to set time
periods, but it does give you the option of creating appointments for a
specific time zone - i.e., if you have an appointment on the west coast at 2
pm, you would choose 2 pm, pacific time when setting the appointment.

--
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/





KJJmobile said:
Dear Microsoft!!!
I am using MS Outlook 2003 (11.8010.8036) SP2.
I was just reviewing posts regarding this everlasting problem with
Microsoft
Outlook as I am trying to fight that problem with appointments being moved
to
a different time zone when changing time zone setting in my computer since
years.
There are many people like me (actually more and more people who are
travelling). When I am sitting in Calgary at my desk and am negotiating
with
my partner in Europe, we are planning our meeting in Berlin for instance
for
2:00 PM, I completely do not care at the moment what time zone he is in,
as I
am simply entering meeting entry into my Outlook Calendar for 2:00 PM
because
I will be there on that day so for me 2:00 PM is 2:00 PM and that is it! I
do
not want to miss the apoointment just because I am going to change time
zone
in my PC after landing in Berlin and suddenly that particular appointment
will be shifted by 8 hours.
As there are many people with different needs, I do not want to argue with
you or with anybody, I just want to BEG YOU to add simple option which
will
active or deactivate this feature in Outlook as needed. Is this really so
difficult and so impossible these days to add one simple option which will
finish everlasting nightmares and missed appointments and flights etc. of
thousands of people, and never-ending discussions and arguing whether it
should work this way or another? YOU GUYS are doing so much more
complicated
tasks, and so many things are possible these days. Why you do not want to
listen and to accept that request from so many people and are forcing one
concept for so many years? I am already tired after so many years I was
dreaming about and hoping it will exist in newer version of Outlook, but
unfortunately so many years past and it is still not added to Outlook.
I am travelling across the world and working internationally. Isn't it
really sick that since years I am keeping my computer on MST just to be
sure
I will not miss anything? It is so easy and useful to change time zone in
a
PC with just a few cliks without touching clock settings, and I can not
use
it!
For many years I was simply changing clock settings but then all other
applications showing me the clocks from around the world are simply
showing
me wrong times.
Please reconsider it and I beg you to add this feature in 2007 Office
Edition. This is my dream: I am opening Tools>Options>Calendar settings
and
am deactivating Outlook's sensitivity to time zone changing. To beautiful
to
be the truth?
Thank you very much!

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...c3d75&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.calendaring
Click to expand...
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KJJmobile said:
What if being in a constant rush I will enter an
appointment forgetting
that I have to assign correct time zone to it? Again, it will be
moved to a different
one after time zone change in my PC.
Click to expand...

Why are you changing the PC's time zone and not simply using the alternate
time zone feature in Outlook?
 
That's the way it SHOULD be. When you change the time zone on your PC, that
doesn't change the fact that an appointment is set for a specific point in a
constant time zone (UTC). So in the new time zone, you will perceive the
appointment differently, but it's still occurring at the same universal
point in time.

The solution is to be diligent about creating the appointments in the
relevant time zone. This is the best and most predictable way to do it and
Outlook 2007 makes this a piece of cake.

Now where I can agree with you would be all day appointments. The problem
with these is no matter what time zone you create them in, even UTC, when
you change time zones, they'll appear to span two days instead of one for
example. All day events should snap to the boundaries of the day they're set
for no matter what the time zone.

--
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


KJJmobile said:
Thank you for your reply. I do appreciate it very much.
I understand how it works but still, it is for me like having one more
thing
to
remember and I have so many things to remember that I would prefer to be
freed from it. What if being in a constant rush I will enter an
appointment
forgetting
that I have to assign correct time zone to it? Again, it will be moved to
a
different
one after time zone change in my PC. Additionally, it will slow down
entering
data, as I will always have to figure it out what time zone to select for
different
parts of the world. Is a city using this one or that one? In US it is
relatively easy,
but travelling across the world I have duties all over the globe and I
would
prefer
to think only once what time zone I am currently in while changing time
zone
in
my notebook computer after landing there instead of thinking about it
every
time
while entering data into my calendar. It may be in some circumstances
confusing
and difficult to find out during a phone converstaion with someone with
whom
I am talking and planning things whether a city is still using this or
that
time zone.
As I already wrote, 2:00 PM is 2:00 PM for me. When I am opening my eyes
in Buenos Aires and am checking my plans for a day, I see an appointment
at
2:00
PM and I want to be 100% sure that it is not wrong just because I did not
assign
correct time zone while storing this entry. I am sure that even having
this
new
feature that alows us to assign proper time zone for entries I will be
still
not using
it as this is completely useless for someone who is changing location
constantly and
travelling not only within US, but all over the world. To much complicated
in my
opinion and to complex. Believe me, when I accepted (with pain of course)
the fact,
that I can not change time zone in my PC to keep my calendar perfectly
correct, my
life has changed for better. But it is pity that in order to make things
clear and
correct I have to keep my computer set for one time zone and being now in
Europe
I have to always check time using my watch instead of seeing it on my
computer screen which is showing me always MST.
By the way, could you also tell me what happens with all those
appointments
set
for MST when I am changing computer's time zone? Is Outlook still showing
2:00 PM after the change or only the appointments set for particular time
zone
I am currently in are on place? If everything is shifted except the
appointments
for the zone I am currently in it is again useless for me, as I need to
see
at what
time and on which day I will be performing a concert in Tokyo when sitting
in
a hotel in Berlin and talking to my Japanese manager. So I always need to
see
original time planned for an activity somewhere in the world because in
any
other
case I will have to jungle with time zone settings of my PC to see the
truth, and
for instance, being in Berlin I and talking over the phone to my Japanese
partner
I will have to momentarily switch to his time zone to tell him at what
time
we will
be eating dinner.
Am I completely wrong? I do not know how it works in Outlook 2007 so I
assume
that I may be completely wrong.

Diane Poremsky said:
outlook 2007 does not have an option to lock appointments to set time
periods, but it does give you the option of creating appointments for a
specific time zone - i.e., if you have an appointment on the west coast
at 2
pm, you would choose 2 pm, pacific time when setting the appointment.

--
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/





KJJmobile said:
Dear Microsoft!!!
I am using MS Outlook 2003 (11.8010.8036) SP2.
I was just reviewing posts regarding this everlasting problem with
Microsoft
Outlook as I am trying to fight that problem with appointments being
moved
to
a different time zone when changing time zone setting in my computer
since
years.
There are many people like me (actually more and more people who are
travelling). When I am sitting in Calgary at my desk and am negotiating
with
my partner in Europe, we are planning our meeting in Berlin for
instance
for
2:00 PM, I completely do not care at the moment what time zone he is
in,
as I
am simply entering meeting entry into my Outlook Calendar for 2:00 PM
because
I will be there on that day so for me 2:00 PM is 2:00 PM and that is
it! I
do
not want to miss the apoointment just because I am going to change time
zone
in my PC after landing in Berlin and suddenly that particular
appointment
will be shifted by 8 hours.
As there are many people with different needs, I do not want to argue
with
you or with anybody, I just want to BEG YOU to add simple option which
will
active or deactivate this feature in Outlook as needed. Is this really
so
difficult and so impossible these days to add one simple option which
will
finish everlasting nightmares and missed appointments and flights etc.
of
thousands of people, and never-ending discussions and arguing whether
it
should work this way or another? YOU GUYS are doing so much more
complicated
tasks, and so many things are possible these days. Why you do not want
to
listen and to accept that request from so many people and are forcing
one
concept for so many years? I am already tired after so many years I was
dreaming about and hoping it will exist in newer version of Outlook,
but
unfortunately so many years past and it is still not added to Outlook.
I am travelling across the world and working internationally. Isn't it
really sick that since years I am keeping my computer on MST just to be
sure
I will not miss anything? It is so easy and useful to change time zone
in
a
PC with just a few cliks without touching clock settings, and I can not
use
it!
For many years I was simply changing clock settings but then all other
applications showing me the clocks from around the world are simply
showing
me wrong times.
Please reconsider it and I beg you to add this feature in 2007 Office
Edition. This is my dream: I am opening Tools>Options>Calendar settings
and
am deactivating Outlook's sensitivity to time zone changing. To
beautiful
to
be the truth?
Thank you very much!

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the
"I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and
then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...c3d75&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.calendaring
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
And what if you work and travel across several time zones?!?!
And what if MS doesn't get timezones always right (TRY ISRAEL DUDE)?

I agree with KJJmobile.
I am going nuts for years now because of this problem.
 
I just started using outlook on my new laptop. My battery died and for some
reason it reset my time zone to Pacific (from central). Now when I try to
change it back, all my appt times are screwed up in Outlook. I am so pissed!
 
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