Calendar Times/Dates Shifting

[SiriuslyTreo]

This is really starting to get to me.

I have 2 computers. My one desktops outlook took a crap and I had to reinstall it. Now when I synced my treo to my laptop which didn't have any problems my desktop was taking say my sons birthday and making it a 2 day event. I also have the Philadelphia Flyers entire schedule loaded on the 2 computers and the treo. My laptop had the schedule correct. My treo had it correct but when I synced my desktop it shifted the start times to be 1 hour yearly. But that is not the weird part it only did the last 2 or 3 weeks of march. The dates the first week on march where correct and the dates in april where correct. What is it that I should look for? Do I need to sync the desktop's and laptops time in active sync or no? I didn't orginally. Then I turned it on the desktop and now it screwed up the times on the laptop.

Any ideas?

Thanks

[jfa]

The rules for day light savings time have changed and maybe the one computer has the new rules and the treo and the other have not got the new update from MS on daylight savings times.

[SiriuslyTreo]

Got it to work. I found the link for the outlook update and the treo update.

[jfa]

good glad to be of help

[SteelPastor]

Originally Posted by SiriuslyTreo

Got it to work. I found the link for the outlook update and the treo update.

I am having the same problem. Could you post the limks you used?

Thank you.

[jfa]

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobi...g/default.mspx for the mobile device update the outlook update is also on microsoft.com I cant find the url right now but its on microsoft.com somewhere I'll keep looking

here is the url for outlook the microsodt site says that if you are using windows xp service pack 2 it should already be taken care of as a high priority update by automatic updates if you have that enabled http://www.microsoft.com/dst2007

[SteelPastor]

The "FIX" for last year was to disable "Local Network Time". Should this "Local Network Time" be enabled again?


This was the "FIX"

On your smartphone, press Start
Select Settings.
Select the System tab at the bottom.
Select Clock & Alarms.
Select the More tab at the bottom.
Uncheck the box for "Enable local network time."


In the event that the entire article is needed, I have included it. Sorry about the space.

Palm Daylight Savings Time (from Spring 2006)
Solution ID: 42093
Some Calendar appointments appear one hour later and device displays incorrect time after Daylight Savings Time begins



This issue is under investigation by Palm engineers.

After Daylight Saving Time begins (2:00 a.m., first Sunday in April), you may notice that some appointments in your smartphone's Calendar appear one hour late. For example, if you had scheduled a dental appointment for 9:00 a.m. Monday, it would appear on your smartphone as 10:00 a.m. Monday; the same appointment will also appear incorrectly in Outlook on your desktop PC as 10:00 a.m. Monday.

In addition, full-day appointments may appear one day late.

What to do
Palm has developed the following workaround steps for this issue. Perform these steps after Daylight Saving Time begins (first Sunday in April).

On the back of your smartphone, press the Battery Door Release button and remove the battery door.

Slide the battery out of your smartphone, and then quickly slide it back in. Replace the battery door.

Your smartphone's radio should turn on automatically. You'll hear a series of ascending tones, and the network status bar will show your coverage at the top of the screen.

If the radio doesn't turn on automatically, press and hold Power/End until the ascending tones indicate the radio is on.

Any appointments you created in Microsoft Outlook on your desktop PC should now appear correctly in your smartphone's Calendar. However, other appointments may still be incorrect.

Appointments that you created on your smartphone will now appear one hour late. Appointments created in Outlook, meeting invitations you've accepted, and other items will not be affected.

Now, you will correct any Calendar events that appear an hour late. There are two ways you can do this; select the method that best fits your needs.

Method One (Preferred Method): To correctly display the appointments that still appear one hour late, delete those appointments in Outlook and on your smartphone, and re-create them in Outlook:

In Outlook on your Desktop PC, identify any appointments that are appearing one hour late and make a note of the appointment details.
Delete the Outlook appointments that are appearing one hour late.

Sync your smartphone. The appointments should be removed from your smartphone.

In Outlook on your Desktop PC, re-create the appointments at the correct time using the notes you created earlier.

Sync your smartphone. The appointments should appear correctly.

In the future, create appointments in Outlook on your Desktop PC only. Events created on your smartphone will not auto-adjust relative to Daylight Savings Time.

- or -

Method Two (Alternate): If you'd rather not delete events, and ensure that any new events you create on your smartphone will be daylight-savings aware, you can turn off Network Time and manually correct the times of your appointments.

On your smartphone, press Start
Select Settings.
Select the System tab at the bottom.
Select Clock & Alarms.
Select the More tab at the bottom.
Uncheck the box for "Enable local network time."

Select the Time tab at the bottom, and confirm that the Home time is correct.

Now, open the Calendar on your smartphone and manually correct the time of any appointments that are appearing incorrectly.

Caution: If you travel to a different time zone, do not enable Network Time. Instead, use the "Visiting" time option in the Clock & Alarms settings (Time tab) to manually set the time for your current location.

The pros and cons of using Network Time
When you create an appointment on your smartphone, the time of the event is set relative to either a time zone or to a GMT offset. GMT offsets are used for new events when Network Time is enabled; this is the default setting on Treo 700w smartphones. If you turn off Network Time, new events' times observe the time zone in your Clock & Alarm Settings. An event with a GMT offset is not Daylight Savings Time (DST) aware but an event with a designated time zone is DST aware. Events created in Outlook on your desktop PC use time zones rather than GMT offsets.

Network Time is useful for automatic time changes on your smartphone as you travel; you arrive in a new place and the time is automatically updated to local time. Unfortunately, this feature is not aware of the local time zone, so the Treo applies the offset to the entire calendar year. If you rely upon Network time to adjust your clock, you will have issues with events created in the future when the DST change occurs. This primarily affects recurring events and all-day events.

Recurring events with instances that occur before and after the DST change will have an incorrect one-hour shift after a DST change. All-day events will shift back or forward one day. For events created in Outlook, they will adjust accordingly. For events created on the smartphone, the events may need to be corrected manually after a DST change.

In short: turn off Network Time if you need to create events directly on your smartphone rather than Outlook, and make manual time zone changes when you travel with your smartphone. All events created on your smartphone will then be created with time zone information, which will change as you would expect when DST begins and ends. To turn off Network Time:

On your smartphone, press Start
Select Settings.
Select the System tab at the bottom.
Select Clock & Alarms.
Select the More tab at the bottom.
Uncheck the box for "Enable local network time."
Select the Time tab at the bottom, and confirm that the Home time is correct.

Note: Whenever you reset your device, you will be prompted with a screen offering you the option to turn on Network Time. Do not check the box for "Enable local network time."

This issue is under investigation by Palm engineers.

[jfa]

No there is a filel that needs to be downloaded from palm.com You may have gotten a email from verizon or sprint I got one from Cingular it came to my 750 and I downloaded from the web. I got an eail from palm as well. But microsoft has a file for outlook and windows xp vista and xp service pack 2 should already be okay but outlook needs to be updated. If you have office 2003 you may have gotten the outlook update via automatic updates as well. If you use palm desktop I think palm has an update on their web site for that as well.

[SteelPastor]

Thank you for the help. I downloaded the MS updates and made sure I had ActiveSync 4.5. Now all is good. The question about whether to enable network time is still open. What is yours set on?

[jfa]

I have had my 750 for two weeks updated with the palm wm5 patch for dst and it is set to enable local network time use network time zone.