Change time zones without changing appointment times?

My work around is to schedule the appointment at whatever the agreed upon time is in the remote
city, then simply change the time on my PocketPC when I travel to the new time zone, like setting
your watch to the new time zone. Its simple, but not elegant...but it works...

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"Dave" <ferrisdl.RemoveThis@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:uF1acUwzDHA.2440@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Is there a way to change the time zone on my Pocket PC (Dell Axim, PPC 2002)
> without it automatically going through and changing the times for all of my
> appointments?
>
> Thanks!
> Dave
>
>

Wouldn't it also work to set the appointment to be at the local time in your
home city, then change the time zone on the PPC when you go to the other
city?

For example, you live in Seattle (PST), and are going to go to New York
(EST). You've arranged to meet someone in New York at 9:00 am EST tomorrow.
You create the appointment on your PPC at 6:00 am. When you get to New York,
you change the time zone on the PPC from PST to EST - and voila, the
appointment shows as being at 9:00 am.

- rick

"Sooner Al" <SoonerAl.TakeThisOut@somewhere.net.invalid> wrote in message
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> My work around is to schedule the appointment at whatever the agreed upon
time is in the remote
> city, then simply change the time on my PocketPC when I travel to the new
time zone, like setting
> your watch to the new time zone. Its simple, but not elegant...but it
works...
>
> --
> Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
>
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benefit of all of us...
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>
> "Dave" <ferrisdl.TakeThisOut@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> > Is there a way to change the time zone on my Pocket PC (Dell Axim, PPC
2002)
> > without it automatically going through and changing the times for all of
my
> > appointments?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Dave
> >
> >
>

"rick cameron" <rick.cameron.RemoveThis@decisionscrystal.com> wrote in message news:<eE15uAzzDHA.536.RemoveThis@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...
> Wouldn't it also work to set the appointment to be at the local time in your
> home city, then change the time zone on the PPC when you go to the other
> city?

Yes, that's how you're supposed to do it.

> For example, you live in Seattle (PST), and are going to go to New York
> (EST). You've arranged to meet someone in New York at 9:00 am EST tomorrow.
> You create the appointment on your PPC at 6:00 am. When you get to New York,
> you change the time zone on the PPC from PST to EST - and voila, the
> appointment shows as being at 9:00 am.

Right. This logic escapes a great number of PPC users, based on the
number of posters in this NG who consider that feature a bug!

Todd,
"This logic" ? It also reminds me when I first starting using HP
calculators and had to learn RPN....
I have tried so many ways what you are talking about to people and the point
takes a long time to sink in (if ever)
My former boss had a weekly videoconference between Seattle (-8 hrs GMT),
the UK office (GMT) and Beijing (+8 hrs GMT)
OH I had great "fun" trying to get him to figure that one out on what time
is what...We finally bought him three cheap digital readout clocks and the
problem went away

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"Todd Allcock" <elecconnec.TakeThisOut@aol.com> wrote in message
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> "rick cameron" <rick.cameron.TakeThisOut@decisionscrystal.com> wrote in message
news:<eE15uAzzDHA.536.TakeThisOut@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...
> > Wouldn't it also work to set the appointment to be at the local time in
your
> > home city, then change the time zone on the PPC when you go to the other
> > city?
>
> Yes, that's how you're supposed to do it.
>
> > For example, you live in Seattle (PST), and are going to go to New York
> > (EST). You've arranged to meet someone in New York at 9:00 am EST
tomorrow.
> > You create the appointment on your PPC at 6:00 am. When you get to New
York,
> > you change the time zone on the PPC from PST to EST - and voila, the
> > appointment shows as being at 9:00 am.
>
> Right. This logic escapes a great number of PPC users, based on the
> number of posters in this NG who consider that feature a bug!

Did he have pointy hair? ;^)

"Tedd Riggs" <T_Riggs DeleteThis @msn.C0M> wrote in message
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> Todd,
> "This logic" ? It also reminds me when I first starting using HP
> calculators and had to learn RPN....
> I have tried so many ways what you are talking about to people and the
point
> takes a long time to sink in (if ever)
> My former boss had a weekly videoconference between Seattle (-8 hrs GMT),
> the UK office (GMT) and Beijing (+8 hrs GMT)
> OH I had great "fun" trying to get him to figure that one out on what time
> is what...We finally bought him three cheap digital readout clocks and the
> problem went away
>
> --
> Tedd Riggs
>
> "Todd Allcock" <elecconnec DeleteThis @aol.com> wrote in message
> news:de37a2e0.0312302131.d39e53f@posting.google.com...
> > "rick cameron" <rick.cameron DeleteThis @decisionscrystal.com> wrote in message
> news:<eE15uAzzDHA.536 DeleteThis @tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...
> > > Wouldn't it also work to set the appointment to be at the local time
in
> your
> > > home city, then change the time zone on the PPC when you go to the
other
> > > city?
> >
> > Yes, that's how you're supposed to do it.
> >
> > > For example, you live in Seattle (PST), and are going to go to New
York
> > > (EST). You've arranged to meet someone in New York at 9:00 am EST
> tomorrow.
> > > You create the appointment on your PPC at 6:00 am. When you get to New
> York,
> > > you change the time zone on the PPC from PST to EST - and voila, the
> > > appointment shows as being at 9:00 am.
> >
> > Right. This logic escapes a great number of PPC users, based on the
> > number of posters in this NG who consider that feature a bug!
>
>

"Hair" ?
No, not much of anykind actually, the type that grows it longer then combs
it forward

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"rick cameron" <rick.cameron.TakeThisOut@decisionscrystal.com> wrote in message
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> Did he have pointy hair? ;^)
>
> "Tedd Riggs" <T_Riggs.TakeThisOut@msn.C0M> wrote in message
> news:urmtRN2zDHA.2240@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Todd,
> > "This logic" ? It also reminds me when I first starting using HP
> > calculators and had to learn RPN....
> > I have tried so many ways what you are talking about to people and the
> point
> > takes a long time to sink in (if ever)
> > My former boss had a weekly videoconference between Seattle (-8 hrs
GMT),
> > the UK office (GMT) and Beijing (+8 hrs GMT)
> > OH I had great "fun" trying to get him to figure that one out on what
time
> > is what...We finally bought him three cheap digital readout clocks and
the
> > problem went away
> >
> > --
> > Tedd Riggs
> >
> > "Todd Allcock" <elecconnec.TakeThisOut@aol.com> wrote in message
> > news:de37a2e0.0312302131.d39e53f@posting.google.com...
> > > "rick cameron" <rick.cameron.TakeThisOut@decisionscrystal.com> wrote in message
> > news:<eE15uAzzDHA.536.TakeThisOut@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...
> > > > Wouldn't it also work to set the appointment to be at the local time
> in
> > your
> > > > home city, then change the time zone on the PPC when you go to the
> other
> > > > city?
> > >
> > > Yes, that's how you're supposed to do it.
> > >
> > > > For example, you live in Seattle (PST), and are going to go to New
> York
> > > > (EST). You've arranged to meet someone in New York at 9:00 am EST
> > tomorrow.
> > > > You create the appointment on your PPC at 6:00 am. When you get to
New
> > York,
> > > > you change the time zone on the PPC from PST to EST - and voila, the
> > > > appointment shows as being at 9:00 am.
> > >
> > > Right. This logic escapes a great number of PPC users, based on the
> > > number of posters in this NG who consider that feature a bug!
> >
> >
>
>

i agree coping witha 3 hour time dif is one thing but working with an 8 hour
time dif is a whole new ball game esp when you factor in +- 1hour for
daylight savings time, i live in the uk and on a recent trip to the USA i
had to set some appointments for the USA while in the UK needless to say
once i had adjusted my clock on arrival my appointments were way off there
correct times, luckily i could remember the few appointments i had made, for
me it would be far easier for me to know im in america for that particular
week and to enter my appointment for 9am in the 9am slot in calendar and for
the timezone change to just leave it were it is in the 9am time slot were it
should be... anything else requires me to work around my PPC wich was not
the point of using it to organise my time...

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"Tedd Riggs" <T_Riggs DeleteThis @msn.C0M> wrote in message
news:urmtRN2zDHA.2240@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Todd,
> "This logic" ? It also reminds me when I first starting using HP
> calculators and had to learn RPN....
> I have tried so many ways what you are talking about to people and the
point
> takes a long time to sink in (if ever)
> My former boss had a weekly videoconference between Seattle (-8 hrs GMT),
> the UK office (GMT) and Beijing (+8 hrs GMT)
> OH I had great "fun" trying to get him to figure that one out on what time
> is what...We finally bought him three cheap digital readout clocks and the
> problem went away
>
> --
> Tedd Riggs
>
> "Todd Allcock" <elecconnec DeleteThis @aol.com> wrote in message
> news:de37a2e0.0312302131.d39e53f@posting.google.com...
> > "rick cameron" <rick.cameron DeleteThis @decisionscrystal.com> wrote in message
> news:<eE15uAzzDHA.536 DeleteThis @tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...
> > > Wouldn't it also work to set the appointment to be at the local time
in
> your
> > > home city, then change the time zone on the PPC when you go to the
other
> > > city?
> >
> > Yes, that's how you're supposed to do it.
> >
> > > For example, you live in Seattle (PST), and are going to go to New
York
> > > (EST). You've arranged to meet someone in New York at 9:00 am EST
> tomorrow.
> > > You create the appointment on your PPC at 6:00 am. When you get to New
> York,
> > > you change the time zone on the PPC from PST to EST - and voila, the
> > > appointment shows as being at 9:00 am.
> >
> > Right. This logic escapes a great number of PPC users, based on the
> > number of posters in this NG who consider that feature a bug!
>
>

Hi Alan
Agree with you 100% Alan on both the whole new ball game and also setting up
the PDA. When going on long trips, the first thing I do is set my watch to
local time of wherever I am going, that helps a little. For almost two years
while in the International Satellite Communications world, I would make a
trip to Japan (From Washington DC) and then the next week to London (from DC
again)
The Japan leg was the worst for me as a 13 hour flight with 13 hour time
zone difference was a killer ! Althou it was great for frequent flyer miles,
too bad they are all on Pan-Am ! In those days, I never know what time zone
I really was on. And after the long flight to London and having to deal with
the "round abouts" with all the cars on the "wrong side" of the road, I am
surprised I never had a accident.
Tedd

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"Alan Hinchcliffe" <alan.hinchcliffe DeleteThis @nospam_btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> i agree coping witha 3 hour time dif is one thing but working with an 8
hour
> time dif is a whole new ball game esp when you factor in +- 1hour for
> daylight savings time, i live in the uk and on a recent trip to the USA i
> had to set some appointments for the USA while in the UK needless to say
> once i had adjusted my clock on arrival my appointments were way off there
> correct times, luckily i could remember the few appointments i had made,
for
> me it would be far easier for me to know im in america for that particular
> week and to enter my appointment for 9am in the 9am slot in calendar and
for
> the timezone change to just leave it were it is in the 9am time slot were
it
> should be... anything else requires me to work around my PPC wich was not
> the point of using it to organise my time...
>
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> "Tedd Riggs" <T_Riggs DeleteThis @msn.C0M> wrote in message
> news:urmtRN2zDHA.2240@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Todd,
> > "This logic" ? It also reminds me when I first starting using HP
> > calculators and had to learn RPN....
> > I have tried so many ways what you are talking about to people and the
> point
> > takes a long time to sink in (if ever)
> > My former boss had a weekly videoconference between Seattle (-8 hrs
GMT),
> > the UK office (GMT) and Beijing (+8 hrs GMT)
> > OH I had great "fun" trying to get him to figure that one out on what
time
> > is what...We finally bought him three cheap digital readout clocks and
the
> > problem went away
> >
> > --
> > Tedd Riggs
> >
> > "Todd Allcock" <elecconnec DeleteThis @aol.com> wrote in message
> > news:de37a2e0.0312302131.d39e53f@posting.google.com...
> > > "rick cameron" <rick.cameron DeleteThis @decisionscrystal.com> wrote in message
> > news:<eE15uAzzDHA.536 DeleteThis @tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...
> > > > Wouldn't it also work to set the appointment to be at the local time
> in
> > your
> > > > home city, then change the time zone on the PPC when you go to the
> other
> > > > city?
> > >
> > > Yes, that's how you're supposed to do it.
> > >
> > > > For example, you live in Seattle (PST), and are going to go to New
> York
> > > > (EST). You've arranged to meet someone in New York at 9:00 am EST
> > tomorrow.
> > > > You create the appointment on your PPC at 6:00 am. When you get to
New
> > York,
> > > > you change the time zone on the PPC from PST to EST - and voila, the
> > > > appointment shows as being at 9:00 am.
> > >
> > > Right. This logic escapes a great number of PPC users, based on the
> > > number of posters in this NG who consider that feature a bug!
> >
> >
>
>

I travel a lot -- different city/timezone every week.

I enter appointments for the local time. When I arrive at a new destination,
I change the clock to the new local time, leaving the time zone setting
alone. Alarms work normally when I do this.



On 12/31/03 3:50 AM, in article bsu2k9$7ep$1@titan.btinternet.com, "Alan
Hinchcliffe" <alan.hinchcliffe.RemoveThis@nospam_btinternet.com> wrote:

> i agree coping witha 3 hour time dif is one thing but working with an 8 hour
> time dif is a whole new ball game esp when you factor in +- 1hour for
> daylight savings time, i live in the uk and on a recent trip to the USA i
> had to set some appointments for the USA while in the UK needless to say
> once i had adjusted my clock on arrival my appointments were way off there
> correct times, luckily i could remember the few appointments i had made, for
> me it would be far easier for me to know im in america for that particular
> week and to enter my appointment for 9am in the 9am slot in calendar and for
> the timezone change to just leave it were it is in the 9am time slot were it
> should be... anything else requires me to work around my PPC wich was not
> the point of using it to organise my time...
>
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> "Tedd Riggs" <T_Riggs.RemoveThis@msn.C0M> wrote in message
> news:urmtRN2zDHA.2240@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Todd,
>> "This logic" ? It also reminds me when I first starting using HP
>> calculators and had to learn RPN....
>> I have tried so many ways what you are talking about to people and the
> point
>> takes a long time to sink in (if ever)
>> My former boss had a weekly videoconference between Seattle (-8 hrs GMT),
>> the UK office (GMT) and Beijing (+8 hrs GMT)
>> OH I had great "fun" trying to get him to figure that one out on what time
>> is what...We finally bought him three cheap digital readout clocks and the
>> problem went away
>>
>> --
>> Tedd Riggs
>>
>> "Todd Allcock" <elecconnec.RemoveThis@aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:de37a2e0.0312302131.d39e53f@posting.google.com...
>>> "rick cameron" <rick.cameron.RemoveThis@decisionscrystal.com> wrote in message
>> news:<eE15uAzzDHA.536.RemoveThis@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...
>>>> Wouldn't it also work to set the appointment to be at the local time
> in
>> your
>>>> home city, then change the time zone on the PPC when you go to the
> other
>>>> city?
>>>
>>> Yes, that's how you're supposed to do it.
>>>
>>>> For example, you live in Seattle (PST), and are going to go to New
> York
>>>> (EST). You've arranged to meet someone in New York at 9:00 am EST
>> tomorrow.
>>>> You create the appointment on your PPC at 6:00 am. When you get to New
>> York,
>>>> you change the time zone on the PPC from PST to EST - and voila, the
>>>> appointment shows as being at 9:00 am.
>>>
>>> Right. This logic escapes a great number of PPC users, based on the
>>> number of posters in this NG who consider that feature a bug!
>>
>>
>
>

Hi, Alan

One of the benefits of the way the calendar works is that shared
appointments work correctly. If a colleague of yours in the USA sends you an
appointment request for 9:00 am Pacific Time next Monday, it will go into
your calendar at 5:00 pm UK Time - but when you go to California & change
your time zone, it will (still) be at the right time.

For non-shared appointments you set up yourself, you could change the time
zone to Pacific Time, create the appointment at 9:00 am, then change it back
to UK time. Obviously more work than just creating it at 9:00 (UK Time) -
but you'd be getting the Pocket PC to do the time zone arithmetic for you,
and if you later decide to invite someone else to the appointment, the other
person would see it at the correct time.

Cheers

- rick

"Alan Hinchcliffe" <alan.hinchcliffe.TakeThisOut@nospam_btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:bsu2k9$7ep$1@titan.btinternet.com...
> i agree coping witha 3 hour time dif is one thing but working with an 8
hour
> time dif is a whole new ball game esp when you factor in +- 1hour for
> daylight savings time, i live in the uk and on a recent trip to the USA i
> had to set some appointments for the USA while in the UK needless to say
> once i had adjusted my clock on arrival my appointments were way off there
> correct times, luckily i could remember the few appointments i had made,
for
> me it would be far easier for me to know im in america for that particular
> week and to enter my appointment for 9am in the 9am slot in calendar and
for
> the timezone change to just leave it were it is in the 9am time slot were
it
> should be... anything else requires me to work around my PPC wich was not
> the point of using it to organise my time...
>
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> "Tedd Riggs" <T_Riggs.TakeThisOut@msn.C0M> wrote in message
> news:urmtRN2zDHA.2240@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Todd,
> > "This logic" ? It also reminds me when I first starting using HP
> > calculators and had to learn RPN....
> > I have tried so many ways what you are talking about to people and the
> point
> > takes a long time to sink in (if ever)
> > My former boss had a weekly videoconference between Seattle (-8 hrs
GMT),
> > the UK office (GMT) and Beijing (+8 hrs GMT)
> > OH I had great "fun" trying to get him to figure that one out on what
time
> > is what...We finally bought him three cheap digital readout clocks and
the
> > problem went away
> >
> > --
> > Tedd Riggs
> >
> > "Todd Allcock" <elecconnec.TakeThisOut@aol.com> wrote in message
> > news:de37a2e0.0312302131.d39e53f@posting.google.com...
> > > "rick cameron" <rick.cameron.TakeThisOut@decisionscrystal.com> wrote in message
> > news:<eE15uAzzDHA.536.TakeThisOut@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...
> > > > Wouldn't it also work to set the appointment to be at the local time
> in
> > your
> > > > home city, then change the time zone on the PPC when you go to the
> other
> > > > city?
> > >
> > > Yes, that's how you're supposed to do it.
> > >
> > > > For example, you live in Seattle (PST), and are going to go to New
> York
> > > > (EST). You've arranged to meet someone in New York at 9:00 am EST
> > tomorrow.
> > > > You create the appointment on your PPC at 6:00 am. When you get to
New
> > York,
> > > > you change the time zone on the PPC from PST to EST - and voila, the
> > > > appointment shows as being at 9:00 am.
> > >
> > > Right. This logic escapes a great number of PPC users, based on the
> > > number of posters in this NG who consider that feature a bug!
> >
> >
>
>

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 15:53:53 -0800, "rick cameron"
<rick.cameron.RemoveThis@decisionscrystal.com> wrote:

>Wouldn't it also work to set the appointment to be at the local time in your
>home city, then change the time zone on the PPC when you go to the other
>city?

But if I'm _in_ New York setting up appointments for a trip to Seattle
next week, I would like to enter them using Seattle time (so I don't
have to translate) without having to reset the time on my PDA. When I
look at an appointment that's already set, I would like to choose
whether the time is displayed using the time where the appointment is
or the time set for the PDA (horrible grammar, but ...)

I'm a programmer. I know that such functions would add complexity to
the program. But solving such problems is our job, and these are _not_
deep problems. Storing all dates relative to GMT, and adding an option
to specify the time zone for each appointment would probably solve the
problem for all tastes without adding much code. It would even deal
pretty well with more challenging problems like phone conferences that
are sort of in multiple time zones.


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I'm pretty sure appointments are already being stored in UTC. I think that's
why Calendar displays an appointment at a different time when you switch
time zones - it's not changing the time of the appointment, it's just
factoring the time zone in to calculate local time for display.

I may have been a bit unclear in stating my suggestion. Here's what I meant:

If you're in New York right now, and want to schedule an appointment for
next week when you're in Seattle, you would go to Clock Settings, switch to
Visiting, make the Visiting time zone be 'GMT-8 Pacific US', then go to
Calendar and add the appointments, using Seattle local time. Once you're
done, go to Clock Settings again and switch back to Home city.

- rick

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> On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 15:53:53 -0800, "rick cameron"
> <rick.cameron.TakeThisOut@decisionscrystal.com> wrote:
>
> >Wouldn't it also work to set the appointment to be at the local time in
your
> >home city, then change the time zone on the PPC when you go to the other
> >city?
>
> But if I'm _in_ New York setting up appointments for a trip to Seattle
> next week, I would like to enter them using Seattle time (so I don't
> have to translate) without having to reset the time on my PDA. When I
> look at an appointment that's already set, I would like to choose
> whether the time is displayed using the time where the appointment is
> or the time set for the PDA (horrible grammar, but ...)
>
> I'm a programmer. I know that such functions would add complexity to
> the program. But solving such problems is our job, and these are _not_
> deep problems. Storing all dates relative to GMT, and adding an option
> to specify the time zone for each appointment would probably solve the
> problem for all tastes without adding much code. It would even deal
> pretty well with more challenging problems like phone conferences that
> are sort of in multiple time zones.
>
>
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> To reply to me, remove the underscores (_) from my email address (and
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>
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> PenFact, Inc.
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On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 12:53:37 -0800, "rick cameron"
<rick.cameron DeleteThis @decisionscrystal.com> wrote:

>I'm pretty sure appointments are already being stored in UTC. I think that's
>why Calendar displays an appointment at a different time when you switch
>time zones - it's not changing the time of the appointment, it's just
>factoring the time zone in to calculate local time for display.
>
>I may have been a bit unclear in stating my suggestion. Here's what I meant:
>
>If you're in New York right now, and want to schedule an appointment for
>next week when you're in Seattle, you would go to Clock Settings, switch to
>Visiting, make the Visiting time zone be 'GMT-8 Pacific US', then go to
>Calendar and add the appointments, using Seattle local time. Once you're
>done, go to Clock Settings again and switch back to Home city.

Thank you for the followup. I actually thought I was responding to
this scenario. But when I just looked below, I guess _I_ wasn't so
clear. I even managed to switch Seattle and New York (minor, but
silly). Nonetheless, I will "thank" you by specifically saying that I
think the approach (switching time zone before and after entering an
appointment) you so clearly described is awkward. I would rather
a) set the appointment time zone (default to computer's current zone)
b) set the apointment time in that zone
So far that saves only one button click over the method you describe.
The big win (for me) is that the appointment would always display its
time in its zone, regardless of how the computer time zone was set.

>
>- rick
>
><r_z_aret DeleteThis @pen_fact.com> wrote in message
>news:3ff594d4.9876181@nntp.theworld.com...
>> On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 15:53:53 -0800, "rick cameron"
>> <rick.cameron DeleteThis @decisionscrystal.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Wouldn't it also work to set the appointment to be at the local time in
>your
>> >home city, then change the time zone on the PPC when you go to the other
>> >city?
>>
>> But if I'm _in_ New York setting up appointments for a trip to Seattle
>> next week, I would like to enter them using Seattle time (so I don't
>> have to translate) without having to reset the time on my PDA. When I
>> look at an appointment that's already set, I would like to choose
>> whether the time is displayed using the time where the appointment is
>> or the time set for the PDA (horrible grammar, but ...)
>>
>> I'm a programmer. I know that such functions would add complexity to
>> the program. But solving such problems is our job, and these are _not_
>> deep problems. Storing all dates relative to GMT, and adding an option
>> to specify the time zone for each appointment would probably solve the
>> problem for all tastes without adding much code. It would even deal
>> pretty well with more challenging problems like phone conferences that
>> are sort of in multiple time zones.
>>
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