time change and Palm Desktop

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"TomG" <do_not@spam.me> wrote in news:c7q0gf$m6f$1@news.iucc.ac.il:

> Hello all,
>
> I am trying to do a simple thing, but am stymied.
>
> I want to change my computer system time and move the hour one hour later.
> When I do this, all of my appointments in the Palm Desktop are changed.
>
> This is troublesome since, my computer time should change, but an 8:00
> appointment should remain an 8:00 appointment.
>
> Any suggestions?

What OS are you using? Windows? Mac? Linux? Something else?
Assuming Windows, this is done through the control panel. Open the date/time
applet and set the correct time zone, and also check the box to correct for
DST. If you need to change the computer to another time zone, just change
the zone here, don't change the system time.

--
Regards,

Stan

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"TomG" <do_not@spam.me> wrote in news:c7svf1$9c8$1@news.iucc.ac.il:

> Stan,
> Thanks for your reply: am using XP.
>
> I know about changing the time on the pc, that's not the issue.
> The issue is how to change the time on the pc WITHOUT having appointments
> changed in the Palm Desktop.

Well blow me down. Just changing the time zone does change the appointment
time, both the start and end. I haven't moved my computer, so I hadn't
changed the time zone. I changed to a more easterly time zone, and the
appointments moved forward an hour, and changed to one hour, even if they
were longer. That's certainly not normal behavior, and I have no fix for it.
I can't find anything in the help file, even in the handheld manual.
Changing the time zone on the handheld, however, doesn't change anything in
the datebook. I don't want to confuse my calendar, so I didn't try it, but
what happens if you change the time zone on both the handheld and the PC,
then hotsync? Are the appointments at the correct time on the PC? That's a
poor workaround, but it's all I can think of right now.

--
Regards,

Stan

Archived from groups: comp.sys.palmtops.pilot (More info?)

I know, this is a ridiculous bug. I wrote to Palm tech support and did not
receive an answer (I did receive, however, an answer to a question that I
did not ask - they're apparently not too keen on reading AND understanding
the questions they get).

The way I worked around this:
a) hotsync
b) change time on pc (times get screwed up)
c) hotsync with palm overwrites desktop (don't set this as a default so that
it only happens once)

This worked, but by the time I realized that there is a problem with this
entire process, I managed to screw up my appointments (which took a few
hours and a lot of phone calls to fix)!

Tom

"Renzo" <rakkerman@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:c7tsc5$8p5$1@info.service.rug.nl...
>
>
> Stan Gosnell wrote:
> > "TomG" <do_not@spam.me> wrote in news:c7svf1$9c8$1@news.iucc.ac.il:
> >
> >
> >>Stan,
> >>Thanks for your reply: am using XP.
> >>
> >>I know about changing the time on the pc, that's not the issue.
> >>The issue is how to change the time on the pc WITHOUT having
appointments
> >>changed in the Palm Desktop.
> >
> >
> > Well blow me down. Just changing the time zone does change the
appointment
> > time, both the start and end. I haven't moved my computer, so I hadn't
> > changed the time zone. I changed to a more easterly time zone, and the
> > appointments moved forward an hour, and changed to one hour, even if
they
> > were longer. That's certainly not normal behavior, and I have no fix
for it.
> > I can't find anything in the help file, even in the handheld manual.
> > Changing the time zone on the handheld, however, doesn't change anything
in
> > the datebook. I don't want to confuse my calendar, so I didn't try it,
but
> > what happens if you change the time zone on both the handheld and the
PC,
> > then hotsync? Are the appointments at the correct time on the PC?
That's a
> > poor workaround, but it's all I can think of right now.
> >
>
> Another thought: After doing a full sync, change the time on your
> computer followed by a handheld-overwrites-desktop-sync. Would that set
> the times back to the originals?
>
> Renzo
>