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

I have the same problem with exchange calendar events created on iOS. (8.1.3) except times for my events show up in CST (Chicago), not GMT. I'm not sure why, but I think the Exchange server is in CST. I'm in EST, so obviously this is wrong.

it actually does show both EST and CST, but when editing it uses only CST (Chicago).

I have found that a very similar bug happens also with the "alert" of the calendar events: they don't sync properly exactly as it happens with the GMT problem.

I have just left a report on the Apple website, as you indicated.

Hope they'll fix everything...

:-)

EVERYONE .... Be sure you go to the FIRST message of this thread and click the 'I have this question too' link.

Only 514 have done this so far. Should be WAY more considering it has had over 250,000 views.

Maybe that will get some attention on Apple's part.

RadicalRationalism,

Great that your wife can do all her calendar with iCloud ..... But those of us that need flexibility (synchronization) between multiple sources are still out of luck.

Regards ....

p.s. Anyone reading this make sure you go to FIRST message of this thread and click 'I have this question too'.

I just wanted to add a big THANKS @JG in SB (and some of the rest of y'all) for tireless patient work on this thread.

FWIW, my bug didn't manifest until today, which may just be a random server change deal but may be because this was (I *think*!) the first time I've accessed calendar via my iPad since upgrading to IOS8. (School has started and I'm carrying the iPad more than just my iPhone.) That fits with JG's two-device theory -- just in case any of you Apple Techs happen to be reading along in the midst of your denials, yes??

Everything else posted here by the smart people has made sense, and the hour I've invested in reading has saved me from a similar hour rebooting, rehashing, head-desking, or whatever else.

I've posted my complaint to the apple bug report site (thanks for that link!) and I think I will just keep working on using Calendar on my desktop/laptop as my go-to schedulers most of the time. Or maybe I'll buy one of those (gasp) little paper dealies that people used to carry in the dark ages. SIGH. I'm afraid I don't have the patience to re-enter all my meeting times or learn another calendaring system, though if we get to 8.75 with no fix....

Finally, another hat tip to JC Powers for making me LOL with the list of GMT countries I could move to where my phone calendar would always work in sync with my Google Calendar. 🙂 Togo sounds good this time of year.

that's what i realized too.

are folks also experiencing 'freezing' when you are editing an event and want to hit "done"? this happens 2-3 times a day and i have to reboot phone. only the calendar freezes, i can still access email, FB, etc.

We all love our Apple products and we all love using other company's services with our Apple products also. Using other conpany's services with our Apple products does not make Apple responsible or in control of the other company. If it is possible to add a Event to a calendar on one company's calendar and it shows correctly on my iPhone but I add a Event to a different company's calendar and it does not show correctly, is it logical to pinpoint Apple? Further below is a link to google's statement on GMT.

https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/2367918?hl=en

JG I was just trying to reach others who might be in the same boat I was in, which was thinking that we were affected by the GMT bug, when in fact we were not. I'm not disputing whether or not there is a bug - clearly there is - it's just that if I was able to talk my way into it, then perhaps others have as well...

Good luck with it

Jack

I vow that everyone who comments on this thread to post their iOS version before saying "hey give this a try". Otherwise just keep submitting your feedback to Apple: https://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

@SassiRae

What of iOS version are you running on your iPhone 5S??? I trust that you know how to find that out.

I'm running iOS 8.1.3 and some of us here are running iOS 8.1.x. So, your response of "MIght be be something to try." doesn't work for iOS 8.x.x!!!

I have tried this option as you see below and that doesn't change the fact of GMT being gone for iOS 8.x.x:

Thank you for your thoughts.

Gotcha. Sorry misunderstood. BTW, Microsoft just released Outlook for iOS today. There are a number of write ups on it on the web. It seems to include email and calendar. I am not sure if and how it will sync but if it will sync my Outlook calendar across all my iOS devices, it may be a solution. Who knows.

"I vow that everyone who comments on this thread to post their iOS version before saying "hey give this a try"."

Ummm Really? You VOW that we put our operating system? Who are you to decide what anybody puts in their post Whimsy??

I am running iOS 8.1.3 Whimsy (yes I knew just where to find it), just updated this past weekend and the GMT was happening both before and after the update.

I did not proclaim this would work for everyone, nor am I confident it will stay this way.

Maybe try to post with some TACT next time, rather than demanding. I was simply trying to help. 😐

I have been following this thread for a six weeks and have read every post and sometimes can't roll my eyes back in my head far enough at some of your comments. I am so tired of reading the debate of bug or not a bug and I am really tired of people trying to sound smart or prove others wrong with their reasoning in which they justify why the GMT appears or doesn't appear... or how the settings are wrong... or how its google calendar... I am not going to try to convince anybody of anything as I realize I can only change my own mind or opinion about something.

I will try to make one point- THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE CALENDAR APP ON MY IPHONE AND IPAD THAT ARE BOTH RUNNING ON THE IOS 8.1.3 OPERATING SYSTEM (by the way Whimsy Collective, I want you to clearly know that I was not compelled by your "vow" to state my operating system). Whether it is a bug or purposeful design I do not care, the bottom line is THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE CALENDAR APP ON MY IPHONE AND IPAD THAT ARE BOTH RUNNING ON THE IOS 8.1.3 OPERATING SYSTEM. I use exchange for work and Google calendar for my personal life and both are messed up... THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE CALENDAR APP ON MY IPHONE AND IPAD THAT ARE BOTH RUNNING ON THE IOS 8.1.3 OPERATING SYSTEM.

I am a very savvy tech user and know my way around technology with no fear or trouble. In my place of employment the IT guys often come and ask for my help to trouble shoot. I am tired of troubleshooting how to make my calendar work correctly. I am not interested in debating with anyone on a simple "work around" or "just remember to subtract 5 hours" or any other ridiculous suggestions. When I open my calendar and enter the time and date of an appointment it should remain in the time zone which I assigned it originally. I do NOT care about how or why it syncs with google or exchange nor do I need an explanation about programming issues and things are working how they are designed vs. how I expect them. If someone designed the calendar app to automatically add a different time zone in parentheses and then completely lose the correct time zone in the edit then they should be fired. Someone suggested that we just tolerate it because it is only in parentheses whats the big deal. I laughed out loud at that then I remembered 10 years ago when I carried my calendar book around how I would always write the actual time of my appointments then underneath, just for fun, I would write the time the appointment will be if I moved to Greenwich (sometimes I was really daring and I would write the time for Indonesia and Hawaii too)... Seriously... We are just supposed to accept this as okay and deal with it?

I have called and submitted tickets and all that jazz and have been told by apple support that it is a google problem... a settings problem... then "oh yes, we are aware of the issue and we are working to fix it... Please be patient... but why don't you just change everything to iCloud calendar..." UGH! I even signed that thing we are not allowed to mention on here because the post will be removed.

I close with this point... THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE CALENDAR APP ON MY IPHONE AND IPAD THAT ARE BOTH RUNNING ON THE IOS 8.1.3 OPERATING SYSTEM and Apple needs to fix it.

@Backgammoner: with all due respect, there is no way in **** that Apple intended the Calendar program to behave in the way that all of us are observing. Therefore this is "unintended behavior" and a bug by definition.

Absolutely, good definition:

"A software bug is an error, flaw, failure, or fault in a computer program or system that causes it to produce an incorrect or unexpected result, or to behave in unintended ways."

You must agree that the system does not produce incorrect results. Editing an event in your local time zone or in GMT is equivalent. So, if you entered it in EST (say start time 10AM) but changed it in GMT (say from 3PM to 3:30PM) the system is behaving correctly. There is no bug in here. There is no incorrect result here, do you agree?

The problem is with the rest of the definition "...or unexpected..." and "...unintended..." you and I may have different points of view on what to expect and what is intentional. Therefore this part of the definition requires us to have a document in which we agreed on expectation and intentions. Since this reference document does no exist, at least not publicly, or is not pointed to in this discussion then we cannot decide if the behavior of the implemented system is buggy or not.