I am having difficulty with time zones within iCloud Outlook calendar. The main problem is flights; they begin in one time zone and often end in another, but I am not able to set the two different time zones within the one appointment.

Why two time zones- appointment is in one location, right. Did you have same problem without icloud, just with outlook?

You can try to change your time zone when you get there in www.icloud.com. Otherwise icloud is still using originally set time zone. If you could submit feedback to apple at apple.com/feedback it is possible that will change and they will integrate in Windows-outlook- icloud time zone changes. Say hi to Moscow for me.

My recommendation is that you should use a business system for business purposes, not a free consumer grade one. Microsoft Exchange is the best such service, especially with Outlook as a client. It is not free however. Deciding how much reliable, flexible services are worth to you is of course your choice.

DJMc1961 wrote:

Thanks for your response. Perhaps I did not explain sufficently from the outset, I am using MicroSoft Office Professional 2010, fully paid for, and the problem does not exist if I revert to using the Outlook data files and manual syncing; it only exist when the data is iClouded.

My advice is the same, a free service (such as iCloud) is not appropriate for business, and a service that is barely compatible with Outlook (iCloud again) is the worst possible choice among the free services you could choose.

In any free service the product is you, think about the message that sends.

Yo, DJMc 1961!

I also travel internationally and share your pain. Prior to "upgrading" to Office 2013, I used Outlook and used Sync2 to sync my Outlook with my iPhone/iPad. To do this I had to use a setup through an Exchange account.

When I "upgraded" to Office 2013, Sync2 stopped working for me. I just switched over to using the iCloud since I cannot get Sync2 to work (nor another program CompanionLink).

What you might try is to enter your appointment in the Outlook calendar. You will see that you still have time zone selection for both start and end. After that, move the appointment to your iCloud calendar. I have not traveled yet after I have done this, so I don't know how this will look once I reach Europe (I go tomorrow).

At least iCloud now plays better with Outlook. For me this is a no brainer for Apple to to adapt into their product iCloud. Since I travel quite a bit, this is frustrating enough for me that I would consider another operating platform, which woulb mean my leaving the iPhone/iPad products. This should be enough incentive for them to fix their "free" program if more users feel this way.

My company does not offer an Exchange account for the employees.

Joe

yomanjm wrote:

Yo, DJMc 1961!

For me this is a no brainer for Apple to to adapt into their product iCloud.

Joe

Which Apple product requires adaptation for iCloud?

I would say it would be iCloud itself.

Outlook offers this option. iCloud was modified to incorporate the ability to make itself more user friendly with Outlook.

Would there be some negative that I am overlooking as to why Apple should not make this change? They are half way there with time zone support for the start, why not for the end? Especially when one finds themselves multiple time zones away from the start?

If you yourself stay in the same time zone, I can see where you would not find this important. However, for us that do travel on a regular basis, it is very important to many of us.

Joe

yomanjm wrote:

I would say it would be iCloud itself.

Tell Apple www.apple.com/feedback

But I will be asking them not to alter their software simply because Microsoft can not be bothered to fix theirs.

All in the game.

Thank you for the link.

You have me curious. Why would you NOT want Apple to have this feature in iCloud?

Microsoft does have this in their software. What do they need to fix?

Joe

The very best sync system out there is MS Exchange, and Outlook is one of the best Exchange clients. When I use Outlook I do so with a system designed for it.

iCloud is a free consumer grade system, no place for it in business at all.

This is a limitation of the iCloud plugin for Outlook on Windows. In Outlook, if you create an appointment on an Exchange calendar, you can use two timezones. If you create an appointment on an iCloud calendar, you can't.

Here's the workaround: Create (or edit the end time of) your appointment on the iOS Calendar App. It allows separate start and end timezones. This works fine, but peculiarly, if you then open the appointment in Outlook, the start and end times will be correct but the end time zone won't be displayed.