I would like embellish this a little with an anecdote which repeatedly bugs me.

Having grown up in the UK, the true meanings of GMT and BST are ingrained. I
now work in the USA with many colleagues in the UK. When I get a mail in
October from the UK for a meeting invite at "1:00 PM GMT", I expect to join
at 9:00 AM EDT, but alas, my Outlook calendar is now telling me the meeting
is at 8:00 AM EDT. I nearly missed the meeting by an hour. And when the UK
goes back to Winter time, I'm likely to get caught out again.

After the DST changes in the US a couple of years ago, before we caught up
with the Outlook and Exchange patches, I'm especially nervous of DST
synchronization issues and ensuring cross-time-zone meetings are really at
the times I think they are. It's tiring checking and rechecking when DST
starts and ends in different countries. Having Outlook report meetings in
"BST" would be a big relief.

Thanks.

If you have your outlook properly configured for your time zone and daylight
time settings outlook would convert the time to the proper local time.

also - please include the original message in your replies so everyone can
follow the thread.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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"J Young" J wrote in message
...
I would like embellish this a little with an anecdote which repeatedly
bugs me.

Having grown up in the UK, the true meanings of GMT and BST are ingrained.
I
now work in the USA with many colleagues in the UK. When I get a mail in
October from the UK for a meeting invite at "1:00 PM GMT", I expect to
join
at 9:00 AM EDT, but alas, my Outlook calendar is now telling me the
meeting
is at 8:00 AM EDT. I nearly missed the meeting by an hour. And when the UK
goes back to Winter time, I'm likely to get caught out again.

After the DST changes in the US a couple of years ago, before we caught up
with the Outlook and Exchange patches, I'm especially nervous of DST
synchronization issues and ensuring cross-time-zone meetings are really at
the times I think they are. It's tiring checking and rechecking when DST
starts and ends in different countries. Having Outlook report meetings in
"BST" would be a big relief.

Thanks.

Diane,

The problem isn't with the time, it's with the time zone. Outlook correctly
converts the time to the correct local time, but still adds the 'GMT' label
to the email invite, for example...

When: 06 July 2009 14:00-16:00 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin,
Edinburgh, Lisbon, London. Whe Meeting Room.

This meeting quite correctly says 14:00-16:00, but it should say BST, not GMT.

If the invite said
When: 06 July 2009 13:00-15:00 (GMT)
Then that would be correct.


"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

If you have your outlook properly configured for your time zone and daylight
time settings outlook would convert the time to the proper local time.

also - please include the original message in your replies so everyone can
follow the thread.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

Outlook Tips by email:


EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:


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newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


"J Young" J wrote in message
...
I would like embellish this a little with an anecdote which repeatedly
bugs me.

Having grown up in the UK, the true meanings of GMT and BST are ingrained.
I
now work in the USA with many colleagues in the UK. When I get a mail in
October from the UK for a meeting invite at "1:00 PM GMT", I expect to
join
at 9:00 AM EDT, but alas, my Outlook calendar is now telling me the
meeting
is at 8:00 AM EDT. I nearly missed the meeting by an hour. And when the UK
goes back to Winter time, I'm likely to get caught out again.

After the DST changes in the US a couple of years ago, before we caught up
with the Outlook and Exchange patches, I'm especially nervous of DST
synchronization issues and ensuring cross-time-zone meetings are really at
the times I think they are. It's tiring checking and rechecking when DST
starts and ends in different countries. Having Outlook report meetings in
"BST" would be a big relief.

Thanks.

It is a pain but I've found that if you modify:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time
Zones\GMT Standard Time\Display
to be BST instead of (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon,
London then you will avoid confusing non-Outlook recipients of your meeting
invites.

Unfortunately you'll have to remember to change this registry key twice a
year.


"Tetleys" wrote:

Diane,

The problem isn't with the time, it's with the time zone. Outlook correctly
converts the time to the correct local time, but still adds the 'GMT' label
to the email invite, for example...

When: 06 July 2009 14:00-16:00 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin,
Edinburgh, Lisbon, London. Whe Meeting Room.

This meeting quite correctly says 14:00-16:00, but it should say BST, not GMT.

If the invite said
When: 06 July 2009 13:00-15:00 (GMT)
Then that would be correct.


"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

If you have your outlook properly configured for your time zone and daylight
time settings outlook would convert the time to the proper local time.

also - please include the original message in your replies so everyone can
follow the thread.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

Outlook Tips by email:


EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:


You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


"J Young" J wrote in message
...
I would like embellish this a little with an anecdote which repeatedly
bugs me.

Having grown up in the UK, the true meanings of GMT and BST are ingrained.
I
now work in the USA with many colleagues in the UK. When I get a mail in
October from the UK for a meeting invite at "1:00 PM GMT", I expect to
join
at 9:00 AM EDT, but alas, my Outlook calendar is now telling me the
meeting
is at 8:00 AM EDT. I nearly missed the meeting by an hour. And when the UK
goes back to Winter time, I'm likely to get caught out again.

After the DST changes in the US a couple of years ago, before we caught up
with the Outlook and Exchange patches, I'm especially nervous of DST
synchronization issues and ensuring cross-time-zone meetings are really at
the times I think they are. It's tiring checking and rechecking when DST
starts and ends in different countries. Having Outlook report meetings in
"BST" would be a big relief.

Thanks.