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

Hi everyone,


Since updating my iPhone 4S to iOS 8, the Calendar app now shows all my newly added events with GMT times, and not the local time (as I am not in GMT, I am +9 hours). All my previous and existing entries are displaying normally. I have not changed any settings at all. However, if I open one of the new events and enter the events details screen, the local times are clearly displayed along with a GMT equivalent time underneath it.


I have tried changing settings but nothing shows my events in local time as it did before the upgrade to iOS 8. Any ideas? Is this a bug? Am I missing a new setting? Many thanks in advance for your help or advice.


Cheers,

James.

iPhone 4S, iOS 8

Posted on Sep 21, 2014 2:16 AM

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Posted on Sep 24, 2014 8:42 AM

Add some notes to this, I have managed to correct the issue by going to Settings, 'Mail, Contacts, Calendars' and changing the Time Zone Override to London which makes me think the phone thinks the iCal GMail calendar is set to the incorrect time zone (i.e. showing it in your time zone) however having checked the settings my personal calendar is fine. This should work fine until I travel abroad when i have to manually change the time zone override.


This is work in progress, I have gone into my Google calendar and checked the time settings and although set to GMT+00:00 London, I have ticked the display all zones box and changed it to GMT+00:00 GMT (No Daylight Saving) and turned off the above override on the phone and again this has resolved the problem. What I am unsure of is if this will work ok once the clocks change next month! I'll put a note in my calendar to test it.... hmm 😮

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Feb 8, 2015 11:34 AM in response to KarnFar

@KarnFar, I argued exactly the same point few days ago. Maybe Microsoft needs to do something on their side. But it is all maybes, we don't really know who did what, and why, and most likely will never know. All I got back when I made the argument was emotional feedback. I am sorry the problem still persists to those using Exchange, there are even few posts by folks using Google who say they still have the issue.


What would really help is for Apple to be vocal and make a statement on what is going on, their bug or not, it does not matter since it manifests itself on their devices with their OS.

Feb 8, 2015 12:23 PM in response to Backgammoner

@Karnfar, thanks for the past events info. I hope it does work for others.


Hey, those that think this is NOT an iOS bug, and it's fixed for you, maybe unsubscribe from this thread, or start a different thread (for whatever reason you may need to).


I use Google calendar and know they've changed something on their end, but their change does not help thousands of other users with other exchange server calendars or even "subscribed" calendars through GCal.


Semantics aside (ie belief in a bug or not despite documentation of a bug), the GMT behavior is undesirable and persists for iOS users with different calendars. This thread needs to persist until the issue is fixed for all, not just a subset of GCal users.

Feb 8, 2015 1:32 PM in response to James Barber

It sure has been a frustrating ride for several months now. Esp odd are the new posters who seemingly forget to read even a short ways back in the 800 posts to see the facts. Some have given suggestions, even multiple times, that have been posted months ago and are just misleading. Given the many articles in the media and statements from Apple it is easy to see how some folks get frustrated. Thanks to JG in SB for the clear posts of relevant facts.

It is amazing how reasonable you have continued to be even in the face of frustrating 'come lately' opinions. Stick with it. Hope for no more GMT BUG in our futures.

Feb 10, 2015 5:56 PM in response to earlvanze

Oh My GOD!! Some people NEVER READ PREVIOUS POSTS before adding a comment!! Sorry, but it's beginning to drive me nuts! C'mon, use your head!! New rule: Don't write on a post unless you've read at least 5 pages of a huge link such as this please. Then you'll know that it's not because of enabling "Time Zone Overide" and other ideas that have been discussed to exhaustion! Wow, had to get that off my chest. I think it's time for me to unsubscribe to this post.

Feb 10, 2015 8:58 PM in response to earlvanze

Ok Earl, you did pass the 5 page rule so I'll give you some props there. My post was just written for all of us who have been following all along and have had many others add " the fix" without reading anything. If you really read my post you would see that I was joking a little more than you thought. Apparently you are the kinda guy that has a hard time with a response to you that's a little off color. I suggest you unwind with a rest and realize that I didn't mean to ruin your day. I'm more of a fun guy. I'm glad you were trying to help others though. Sorry you took it as me being such a hahakeyhole.

Feb 23, 2015 7:45 AM in response to jsbai

Yes, my google calendar freezes also - in my case, when I try to edit or delete an event from my iPhone 5.


I have decided to "live with" the GMT bug and wait for a fix from Apple...or move to Togo, as a few others have suggested.


My unacceptable issue now with Google Calendar is that I cannot add, edit or delete events from my iPhone 5 (iOS 8). Until yesterday (2/22/15), I was using paper and making adds, moves and changes on my laptop / web Google Calendar, and it would sync with my iPhone Google Calendar. Today, this synch is not happening.


In another thread, it was suggested to delete my Gmail account, reset network settings, turn off wifi after reboot, and re-install my Gmail account. Now my phone is freezing when I try to delete my Gmail account!

Mar 9, 2015 1:35 PM in response to Gator5000e

Yup! Fixes it 100% on iOS Calendar synced to MS Exchange. Guess this sort of ultimately resolves the debate about whether this was a "bug" or not right? Since it got resolved by a "bug fix" implemented by Apple?


I am just thrilled this finally happened. Thanks everyone for alLeif the troubleshooting info and for putting relentless pressure in Apple over the past few months.

Mar 10, 2015 10:33 PM in response to JG in SB

Hi, it appears to me as well that the problem is corrected but I have 2 questions.

1. All newly created events seem to be fine but events that were created when this bug was ongoing seem to have stayed the same on my calendar. Is there a way to fix this? I already downloaded the update.


2. Let's say I'm taking a trip from Texas to New York which is an hour ahead and I have a 4:00pm NY appointment.

I create the 4:00 appointmdnt in my calendar while im in Texas. Will the appointment change to 5:00 once I land in NY due to the time zone change?

Thanks

Mar 11, 2015 7:41 PM in response to bebopper

Thanks Bebopper,

So please tell tell me if this is correct -

I want to create a New York calendar event while I'm in Texas.


*I'm in Texas (which is one hour behind New York)

*I have Time Zone Over Ride Off.

*My iPhone is set to Texas time zone, (where I am).

I create the event, change the default time zone which is set to Texas to New York.

TThe event will have both time zones displayed.

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