Thank you so much Stormyview! From the description on the website, Web IS toolbox is exactly what i’m looking for. The perfect solution for those of us who want to FIX this “feature”.

You could try Time Zone from http://www.geocities.com/alexaleks3

Thanks for this discussion, which has given me a clue how to deal with this annoying “feature” of windows mobile.

Why on earth they cannot simply give those of us who tend to use our own input for appointments the option of NOT changing times when changing time zones I cannot guess. We’ve just suffered through the “let’s change the end date for daylight saving” disaster, and I’m about ready to go for turn-self-off’s solution.

I believe the guys who make PocketInformant have a small software widget addressing just this problem… it’s part of the Web IS toolbox.

I also travel a lot changing to 5 or 6 international time zones a month on average. I keep my laptop on home timezone. A widget shows local time onscreen. All appointments I put as local time, but I have a flag to show which country I am in on any given day day. Then I do no phone timezone updates from the network – It takes 30 seconds to set manually on arrival but at least keeps all appointments on all devices to their correct times.

The way I get around this is using the BlackBerry. It’s annoying that the times don’t appear properly in my WM device, but I just ignore that.

On the BB, you can choose the time zone for the item you’re entering. That syncs via Exchange to the WM device with the proper time across timezones.

Not ideal, but a way to work around it – enter the item quickly on the BB. You can always enter it there and then update it with more information on the WM device.

bic pen and a pad of paper might work best

actually, i travel alot and never find an issue.

I do have an exchange server behind it all. We’re a multinational company. I get meeting requests from all over the world.

I have a treo 700W and it auto shifts the timezone. I just leave my laptop on EST and everything seems to work okay.

The exchange server may be doing the right magic.

i cant help but wonder if not outlook should have just used GMT to store the times internally, and then only adjust the displayed time based on the timezone shown.

or is that just whats going on?

timezones, got to love em…

Good points Ed, especially displaying dual TZ in Outlook. I always forget to do that.

James, three suggestions:

1. Make both time zones visible in Outlook on the PC. I did that a couple months ago when I starteed scheduling appts for CES.

2. Make the Time Zone field visible in outlook appts.

3. Insert the meeting details with times in the body of the appt, at the very top. That way you can verify every mtg or appt easily with a glance.

I’ll post this on my blog with some screen shots.

Arghhh, that is the most awful “feature” in Windows Mobile but I didn’t realise it also occurs in the full version of Outlook. I’m afraid I don’t have any advice on how to deal with it but I do feel your pain.

Frank, I am indeed carrying the Blackberry 8830 for my phone and email needs. I use the HTC Advantage as a PDA/ mobile PC though.

James, I thought you were carrying a Blackberry?

OK, I just broke down and changed the TZ on all appointments for this week to PST. Then I changed the TZ on the PC to the same so hopefully all my appointments now display the correct start time on both devices. I just have to make sure and change it back on the PC when I return home. :)