Thanks for the replies.
I already tried turning off the "set automatically" switch on the iPhone Date and Time settings. It didn't fix the problem at syncing. I tried the same on both windows and outlook. NG.
I think I now agree that this is probably related to the
change in the upcoming time change and fact that it is out of sync our devices. See the news story linked:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,305838,00.html
I'm going to just wait this out until next week and see if it resolves itself after the upcoming time change.
I'm NOT doing the windows update process. The Windows Update process (automatic patching) caused a complete crash of my system last year - so I stopped using it. (It forced a complete rebuild of the OS, apps and data!! Not what you want to spend a full week of your time doing.)
I'll report back here with an update after the time change.
Does this seem like the 21st century? Not.