ipad/iphone shifts calendar times +1hr after syncing with Outlook or ical

Hi,

I am having a problem when I sync my (PC) outlook calendar to my iphone(OS4.1) or ipad.(And my wife is having exactly the same problem when she syncs her iphone/ipad with her macbook pro (she uses ical/snow leopard)).

I live in a time zone that is GMT +3hrs. There is no summer time change here. Both devices are set to GMT +3Hrs with no summer time changes / daylight savings.
Every month I upload a calendar electronically to Outlook (from a program called Roster2Outlook) and occasionally enter some data into it manually on my PC and on my iphone/ipad.

The problem is this:-

When I sync my PC with my iphone/ipad the times on the iphone/ipad are always 1 hour later than displayed on my calendar in outlook on my PC. I then have to modify the times on my iphone and take off 1hour. If I enter an event on my iphone it appears in my calendar in Outlook 1 hour earlier (after a sync).

I get several monthly changes to my schedule and then when I update my outlook calender and sync it to my iphone again, all the times appear 1Hr later on my iphone and have to be manually adjusted.

This may seem trivial, but when one event is added on one device and it shows up at a different time on another device, it gets very confussing, as you never know which time is correct in your calendar, as it depends on which device you entered it and whether you synced it or not! I am tearing my hair out.

I also sync my calandar to my ipad, which appears to be doing the same thing.

So, to cut a long story short, any idea's why this is happening and how to fix it? (Please don't tell me I have the wrong time zone set on a device - because I haven't - they are all on the same time zone!)

I did have an idea that I could "shift" the calendar that I electronically upload to Outlook back by 1 Hour, so that the times would be 1Hr wrong in outlook but correct on my iphone and ipad (the devices that I predominantly use) but this still doesn't solve the problem of it being a bodge!

Any ideas / solutions much appreciated. Anyone else having this problem?

Please help!

Cheers,

i eye.

64GB ipads, 32GB 3GS iphones, ipods, Sony Vaio, mac mini, macbook pro, iOS 4, Vista,

Posted on Sep 27, 2010 10:43 AM

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Sep 28, 2010 6:27 PM in response to i eye

I figured out my iPad sync issue. First of all, I swore up and down I had all my time zone preferences set correctly in both google calendar and on my iPad. I was wrong.
There are two places in google calendar that can cause an issue:
(1) Settings>Calendar Settings>General
(2) Settings>Calendar Settings>Calendars>[Individual Calendar]
There are two places on the iPad to check:
(1) Settings>General>Date & Time (however I think this might not do anything because.....)
(2) Settings>Mail, Contacts, Calendars>Calendars>Time Zone Support (this was the elusive one for me)
But It's fixed now and I'm happy.

Nov 1, 2010 1:50 PM in response to MyArm

I'm having the issue where an invite from Outlook/Exchange is sent to me. If I accept it in Outlook - there's no problem the date and time are correct. However, if I accept it via the iPad it places the appointment 1 full hour ahead (12:30 p.m. becomes 1:30 p.m.) - and then it automatically syncs that back to my Outlook.

I've checked time zones in both places. I have turned them off and on. It all seems correct, but the problem persists and is repeateable.

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