jwisinsk

Q: calendar events 1 hour off

Why are some of my calendar events showing 1 hour late on my Apple Watch compared to my Iphone?  My iCloud calendar, Iphone, and Mac calendar all show the meetings correctly, however my Apple Watch shows the same calendar events 1 hour late.  Some calendar events are shown at the correct time on the Apple Watch, but others are 1 hour late.

 

I've already tried changing the settings for timezone support on iCloud and my Iphone.  I've rebooted the Iphone, rebooted the Apple Watch.  Changed timezone settings manually to force the correct timezone.  Nothing seems to correct the problem.

 

The events in question were all created in the Eastern timezone (I'm in the  Central timezone). 

 

I was able to correct a meeting by opening it on my Iphone and setting the meeting timezone to the Central timezone, then correcting the meeting start and end times.  The only problem is that this was not a meeting I originally scheduled (I'm just an attendee).  My Apple Watch now shows this meeting at the correct time (Matches my Iphone calendar), but apparently I now now the meeting??  I started getting meeting accepted/declined notification email replies for this meeting, however I'm not the meeting owner/creator.  Now everyone thinks I own the meeting.

 

If I use this method to fix other business meetings, I will end up sending out additional junk meeting invites that replace the actual meeting invite sent out by the meeting owner/organizer.  This is not acceptable.

 

How do I get these meetings to show up at the correct time on my Apple Watch?

Apple Watch, watchOS 2.1, Iphone 6s Plus with OS 9.3

Posted on Mar 23, 2016 9:07 AM

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  • by Jonathan UK,

    Jonathan UK Jonathan UK Mar 23, 2016 9:21 AM in response to jwisinsk
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    Mar 23, 2016 9:21 AM in response to jwisinsk

    Hi

     

    It may help to reset sync data on your watch. With your Apple Watch and iPhone connected via Bluetooth:

     

    - On your iPhone, in the Watch app, go to: My Watch > General > Reset > tap once on Reset Sync Data;

    - Nothing will seem to happen, but the process will run in the background (invisibly to the user), removing and replacing all calendar data on your watch, so allow a minute or so before checking.

  • by jwisinsk,

    jwisinsk jwisinsk Mar 23, 2016 10:28 AM in response to Jonathan UK
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    Mar 23, 2016 10:28 AM in response to Jonathan UK

    Thanks, but this did not fix the problem.

     

    I've been able to determine the following about the meetings that are 1 hour off:

    1) All of the meetings are recurring meetings created in the Eastern timezone (US - EST) and sent to me in MS Outlook (Exchange Server #1).

    2) I accepted the meetings and forwarded to my other MS Outlook (Exchange Server #2) account in the Central timezone (US - CST) before we started Daylight Saving Time this year.

    3) The meetings show up 1 hour late.  I believe this started right after we changed the clocks for Daylight Saving Time this year.

    4) I've upgraded my Apple Watch to OS 2.2, but this did not help with the problem.

    5) I'm reset and re-synced my Apple watch, but this did not help with the problem.

    6) All meetings show at the correct time on my Iphone (IOS 9.3), but show 1 hour late on my Apple Watch. 

    7) The Meeting Notifications on my Apple Watch appearing at the correct time (15 minutes before the meeting actually starts), but the calendar event on the Apple Watch shows up 1 hour late.  This means I'm getting notified correctly even though when I look at the calendar event on my watch it appears that the meeting notification is occurring 1 hour 15 minutes before the meeting. (The meeting is showing late, but the notifications are on time.)

    8) I can manually open the meeting on my Mac or Iphone and change the meeting time and/or creation timezone.  This does not change the date or time of the meeting on my Mac or Iphone, but it sends out a meeting request effectively duplicating the meeting and makes me the meeting organized (incorrectly) and happens to fix the meeting displayed on my Apple Watch Calendar.  This is an undesirable fix because I do not want to take over other peoples meetings. 

     

    Note:  In MS Outlook for the Mac 2016 - When you update (add or delete) any attendees it asks if you want to send a meeting update to everyone or just the updated/changed attendees.  Then no matter what option you picked it sends out the update to all attendees anyway (Thanks Microsoft - way to go.  Give me a choice and ignore it.)  This update to all attendees appears to be happening in the background if I change the timezone and fix the meeting time on my Mac or Iphone as well.  But at least Apple does not ask me if I want to update the meeting, it just sends out the meeting update and changes the meeting organizer to me.  Which is exactly what I did not want to do.

     

    It appears my Apple Watch Calendar events are experiencing some sort of Daylight Saving Time error for recurring meetings that were created before the time change and sent to one off my MS Exchange mailboxes, added to my calendar (showing correctly), then forwarded to a second MS Exchange mailbox and added to my calendar (showing correctly), then added to my Apple Watch (showing 1 hour late).

  • by jwisinsk,Solvedanswer

    jwisinsk jwisinsk Mar 23, 2016 11:00 AM in response to jwisinsk
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    Mar 23, 2016 11:00 AM in response to jwisinsk

    I had to un-pair the Apple Watch and re-pair it with my Iphone to fix the problem.

    Now all of the calendar events are shown at their correct time on the Apple Watch.