iOS 8 Calendar on iPhone showing GMT times for new events.

abubasim66- that is the best workaround so far. I was doing the repeat everyday, and then setting end date to the same day as the appt. and that works too. But the extra step was driving me crazy. Thanks!

Thanks, but I suspect you may also see the same bug with this procedure: the calendar app hanging and then closing either when saving the repeating event or saving after removing the repetition. This happens on about every two or three entries I create.

Not to burst your bubble, appreciate the attempt. But there never was a problem entering an event from the gmail website itself. Your fix does change the GMT issue if you go to every event you created from your IPhone and then go back to the gmail website and use your fix on each event. It still does nothing, that I see, to fix the issue of the GMT being on the events created ON the iPhone. Thanks but either we still have a bunch of extra steps to do in order to create a fix or I'm not following your steps correctly for a one time fix. The issue is figuring out how to enter an event from your iPhone and having no GMT at all.

Ok,

I have been using apple products, just name it and I have used them, for quite a LONG time and I really have to confess that after Steve Jobs, apple is just a big company and nothing else. The iphone is TOO buggy, the new OS Yosemite or whatever they want to call it is just a junk of bugs and uses ram like craｚy.

I personally want to say good bye to this BIG company and go for something more reliable!

It is sad but it is the truth!

apple is over!

PS.

I have iphone 6 plus and it is a disaster!

I wish I could return it and get another phone from some other company!

Ditto. This bug is really annoying. It's been plaguing me for months and finally I've checked online for a fix and landed on this tread. Glad to know I'm not going crazy alone. I've tried using alternative calendar apps as a result but not sure which to settle yet. Has anyone switched to a different calendar app? What do you guys prefer? Thanks.

Apple PLEASE fix this.

4. Editing the event shows ONLY the GMT times (This is the big problem! The PDT times do NOT display when editing the event)

Yes, indeed, this is the biggest problem. When inviting others, it sends the event in GMT. I have to manually correct each event in order to have normal function.

Glad that works for you. I would hardly describe this as "PERFECT" though...maybe a temporary workaround until Apple does their job. This solution is like using duct tape to stick a 3rd party speedometer on top of the dashboard of your nice new BMW because BMW can't manage to get the built-in speedometer to work. None of us should be forced to use duplicate functionality 3rd party apps to do something that is a built in functionality of iOS and that always used to work perfectly until Apple screwed it up.

I am going to keep working to put pressure on Apple until this is fixed. If we reach the point where Apple users are perfectly happy to just jury-rig their devices with whatever third-party apps are neccessary to make up for major deficiencies that Apple is unwilling to address, then iOS will basically have turned into Android and there will be no reason to spend more money on Apple devices. You can get a buggy experience like this one....and many more bugs that no-one get's around to resolving....on android platforms right now. And if you ask any Android user for a "solution" to whatever bug that happened to come up most recently their answer is "just use this other 3rd party app" or "just remember to subtract 8 hours from whatever your calendar shows...problem solved." As a result Google has zero motivation to try to fix anything fast because it's users are perfectly happy to live with bugs....they have come to expect them as normal....and/or relies on other companies to produce reliable software. Is this what we want to see happen with iOS? Not me.

I just chatted with a Senior advisor on the Apple support team for a while. They seem to understand the problem but they wanted me to replicate it on a full fresh setup on the iphone 6 as well, which I could not do at the time because I am at work and don't have my USB cord. I'm told that after this step, the transcript will get pushed on to the "engineers". We shall see...

I have tried all of these options. I can't even enable calendar in iCloud or Gmail calendar - my iPhone just crashes. The apps won't even force quit. I have to turn air plane mode on; complete power down the phone to restart (press home and lock button at the same time). Then I can turn the calendar off, then turn airplane mode off. Please Apple, fix this.

I read a lot of posts (nothing helped). And lucky for you JG in SB, I DONT do forensics for a living. All I am saying is for someone who's life doesn't resolve around their iPhone, a quick fix for NOW is to use something else other than Google. Sorry to have offended you. I think you're wound a bit too tight. If you're so savvy, why haven't you joined the Apple engineers and help fix it yourself? No need to be such a jerk. Please do not respond.

Ok all. Riddle me this. I had an iPhone 4s for two years and upgraded to iPhone 6, 8.0 on the rollout date in mid September 2014. Neither with my old phone and my brand new iPhone 6 did I have this issue or any other between my iPhone calander or my Google synched account. Whether I created multiple events using my Mac or PC desktop or if I was creating multiple events straight from my iPhone, NEVER, NOT ONE TIME, up to and including an entry I made via iPhone 6 on Jan 2, 2015 did I EVER have this GMT problem occur. I updated all software as requested, when requested and I still had no GMT issues. Then, out of nowhere, on January 5th, I was struck! I created a minor event, saved it and BOOM, GMT was now affecting my iPhone 6. One day all was well, no changes or software updates done, and I've had the GMT issue on each created event since. Now, I've read every post in this thread and have been faithfully following ever since and there are plenty of reasons aspoused throughout but explain to me (a self proclaimed novice), how in the world did I go from having no GMT issue to having the constant GMT issue in one day without updating or changing software? Somebody please explain to me how this is possible? Thank you!

Now that you mention it, I do remember that post about the server change. I guess I've been reading so much that actual, plausible explanations can sometimes be forgotten. My mistake. Thanks for the reminder though as it confirms that I'm not totally crazy!!

" then iOS will basically have turned into Android and there will be no reason to spend more money on Apple devices. You can get a buggy experience like this one....and many more bugs that no-one get's around to resolving....on android platforms right now. And if you ask any Android user for a "solution" to whatever bug that happened to come up most recently their answer is "just use this other 3rd party app" or "just remember to subtract 8 hours from whatever your calendar shows...problem solved." As a result Google has zero motivation to try to fix anything fast because it's users are perfectly happy to live with bugs....they have come to expect them as normal....and/or relies on other companies to produce reliable software. Is this what we want to see happen with iOS? Not me."

I've been using Android since Eclair (2.0) and I've never dealt with a problem like this on Android. The only time I've replaced a stock app is when I downloaded Handcent for more messaging customization options. So, just letting you know that you sound ridiculous to anyone that actually uses Android.

@RallyRex: I "actually used Android" for a few years before dumping it and switching to iOS. My experience was exactly the opposite of yours. Why would I make a statement like that unless it was based on actual experience? I used a Motorola Atrix, then an HTC Inspire, and finally the worst of them all, a Samsung Galaxy Nexus. I experienced constant bugs. One of the most annoying was the Andorid would convert ALL calendar appointments set up in Outlook into "meetings" and would subsequently not allow for any of these "meetings" to be edited on the Android device. Sort of annoying don't you think? I would venture to guess that I wasn't the only Android user in all of North America that experienced these types of issues. Even this morning, if you take a quick gander at the Android support forums you will see tons of bug reports of all colors and varieties. Do I still sound "ridiculous?"

Interestingly enough...this current Calendar bug is the FIRST major bug I have ever encountered in several years on iOS.......

Apple has always been about a robust hardware/software marriage in their products. Stuff that "just works" out of the box. Open source stuff can be great, but it will always have more potential holes for bugs and less-tested software code.

This calendar bug is definitely a case of something not "just working", and Apple needs to get on it and get it fixed.