iCloud time zone bug / Calendar mismatch with PC time zone

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iCloud time zone bug / Calendar mismatch with PC time zone

I have my PC running Win 7 in UTC-3 Buenos Aires time, and iCloud (Firefox7) is in the same time zone (Argentina). But when I enter an appointment in theCalendar app in iCloud, after I hit "OK" it shifts one hour back andshows in iCloud in the wrong time, pushed back by one hour.

The only way to solve this seems to be to set up iCloud in the Santiago(Chile) time zone which is UTC-4. But of course this makes the events in iCloudto be out of sync with the rest of the devices (Iphone, Ipad).

This behavior happens whether I check or uncheck the "Enable Timesupport" option in the Calendar advanced preferences tab.

I have already installed and uninstalled the iCloud control panel in the PC,with no luck.

It looks like a nasty bug.

I tried to contact apple support, but it seems I have to pay to report this.Having suffered mobile me since its creation, I don't think that paying toreport a malfunction should be necessary...

Posted on Oct 18, 2011 1:41 PM

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Answer 1

May 4, 2017 9:36 AM in response to davepacheco

Has Apple fixed this yet. I'm seeing the one hour DST difference using the Phoenix selection. Phoenix time does not change at DST. This time of year Phoenix is aligned with PST. but iCloud still sets it as MST, a one hour difference. Quite annoying. Apple should just add a DST check box we can set in iCloud that fixes this.

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emiber

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Oct 26, 2011 6:54 AM in response to peterkant

Hi,

I have the same problem.

The problem is that the time for the timezone of Argentina is not correct.

You can see the attached image for this.

If I found a solution I'll let you know, please let me know if you found a solution too.

Saludos,

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KasperD

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Nov 3, 2011 9:53 AM in response to peterkant

I have the same problem in different time zone. Kiev, Ukraine can be chosen on the map in iCloud settings, but when chosen, it still appears as Moscow standard time, which is one hour earlier than Kiev time, which pushes all my iCal entries 1hour forward. The conclusion must be that there is a bug in iCloud not supporting all time zones!

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peterkant Author

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Nov 30, 2011 7:13 AM in response to KasperD

Definitely there is a bug in iCloud calendar and time zones, the question is how do we report this to apple? Whatever path I try, they want to charge me to access support. I don't want support, this is a mistake they have to fix.

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KasperD

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Nov 30, 2011 7:25 AM in response to peterkant

Could not agree more and this really starts to annoy me, as I am working on 2 iPhone's, MacBook Pro, iMac & iPad, ALL from Apple with officially purchased SW licences, newest possible versions etc.

How long does it take for Apple to read these posts? And how do we catch their attention?

Maybe by writing @Apple #Apple #iCloud #iCloud-bug ..................

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yoogol

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Jan 4, 2012 1:01 AM in response to peterkant

I have the same problem for Moscow, Russia timezone.

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Daro007

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Jan 13, 2012 10:00 AM in response to peterkant

anybody found a solution?

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Jan 14, 2012 7:44 PM in response to Daro007

go to the icloud website. (go to the homepage where all your options appear such as calendar, mail, contacts etc)

click on your name in the top right hand corner.

a box with options will open up.

there is a timezone setting there.

no bug. no problem. just a strange way of finding that option.

apple could have made it a bit easier to find such a simple problem.

took me a while to figure this out.

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Daro007

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Jan 17, 2012 9:27 AM in response to Tommmmmac

Of course. That is one of the first things I made. Same Time Zone in Windows, Iphone, Icloud.

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timjusa1

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Jan 25, 2012 3:59 AM in response to Tommmmmac

didnt work - still showing 1 hour difference between outlook and iphone/ipad via icloud

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timjusa1

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Jan 25, 2012 4:00 AM in response to peterkant

i will pay for this group just help me do it!

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Answer 12

Jan 26, 2012 3:05 AM in response to Tommmmmac

After doing so, I still have the same problems

Different times in iCal deskrop version, Icloud browser and iPhone, but every have my time zone enabled and on Central Europe

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peterkant Author

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Jan 26, 2012 6:43 AM in response to shirleyklever

It's interesting it hasn’t been fixed yet, and also that this doesn’t get more traction from icloud users around the globe... it is clearly a bug, there is no way to fix it messing with the time zone settings in the devices, nor reinstalling stuff (I tried all that already). Maybe there is some randomness in it, and we are the unlucky ******** having the problem. Otherwise, I can't believe a big number of the 80+ million users of icloud apple claims to have are not having this same issue.

I guess we'll need to pray and wait for a fix in the next release of icloud.

Maybe someone at apple reads this?

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timjusa1

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Jan 26, 2012 7:42 AM in response to peterkant

My IT guy is telling the 'fix 'for Russia is to set all computers to Dubai... Will let you know.im in Rusaia same time zone

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meloneer

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Mar 14, 2012 4:06 PM in response to Tommmmmac

Just used this method. Discovered that my problem was that the ICloud was set to Phoenix for Mountain time, not Denver, where I am. I guess Phoenix still doesn't go on daylight time or something. Anyway, once I changed it to Denver, the problem disappeared.

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