iCal timezone : set floating as default

Thanks for the suggestion. I've used that as well, however I often set up meetings with participants from 2-3 different locations - also for days when I am travelling. Therefore I need to see the right time in my home timezone + the timezone I'm visiting + possibly a third timezone.

Generally it's fairly ok to do in the head or using a worldclock, however in particular when you are close to the changes between normal time and daylight saving time it would be nice to have application support.

I have given up on iCal. I use a self created spreadsheet that looks like iCal.

I used to solve this by typing the actual event time in the description. However, now Apple has added something that DELETES any time for an event which is typed in the description and automatically converts it to the time bar.

I HATE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've been running into this and discovered "floating" settings today for the first time. Going back and forth between Japan and the US that is exactly what I needed.

I wish there was some way to (1) set that as the default and (2) reset all existing events as floating.

In the meanwhile I guess I'll change all my events this month and next month manually to floating.

doug

Sorry to hear you find it difficult, I'm amazed at how iCal has fixed this issue that used to be a true stumble block.

Apple has really done something about it now as we can see both current time and the local time of an event in the overview. At work we schedule about 30 one-on-one sessions per week where the people as, generally, sitting in different locations from each other - participant from coach and both different from the scheduler.

Now we simply select the timezone of the meeting to be the participants. Then we drag and drop the meeting into the coaches calender into a free spot. The local meeting time for the participant shows in that view, making it easy to select a spot that should be doable for all parties.

Elegant and simple like Apple solutions often are.

Also, iCal invites almost all get answers from the participants but the google calender ones rarely get an accept/decline response.

The problem is, time zone support and the floating option don't seem to do what they say they're supposed to do.

If I set an event floating and then go back and check the set time, it no longer says floating. It loses the setting and reverts to JST.

doug

After talking with Apple support and doing some testing it appears that the cause was that the Calendar app is unable to retain the "floating" setting for Google CalDAV accounts, even though it can for iCloud CalDAV accounts.

I wanted to use the Google account for maximum cross-device compatibility, but will use the iCloud account for the next couple of months on travel, because that does work.

doug

p.s. What is iCal?

Also, Apple Care confirmed there is no way to set floating as a default. You have to manually change each new event with the time zone select menu and choose "floating."

doug

What if one turns off time zone support? Would that work?

I tried that on my last trip. Unfortunately, it did not work. Even with time zone support turned off, my appointments were scrambled - times changed to new time zone.

I have had to go back to the old, manual method: time zone support turned on and manually set each entry to "floating".

Buggy, buggy, buggy!

I had to do the same thing in the end.

One separate problem - the Reminders feature doesn't let you set floating time zones, so your important reminders will get time skewed.

doug

Just adding my voice to this problem as I am still looking for a solution. Since the first time I missed a flight I never use the time feature, I always write the date and time in the notes section.

Dear Apple,

My opinion, with time zone support unchecked, which should be the default, all calendar entries should be floating. It must be a very small number of people that would want their calendar to change the times they have carefully written. After all, ical is a tool for individuals and I am always in my current time zone.