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

Yes. That's still happening

Clearly Google did this because my non-Google calendars still have the GMT problem while the Google calendars do not.

Here is an article from Forbes that confirms what we figured out yesterday: that Google fixed this on their back end.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2015/02/04/gmt-bug-ios-8-google-calenda r/

This article confirms reports that the GMT Bug is fixed as of iOS 8.2 Beta 5

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ios-8-2-update-scheduled-release-march-ahead-apple-watc h-shipment-april-1486508

I think it should be pretty clear at this point that this was a bug, because Apple has now "fixed" it. If this was caused by something done by others outside of Apple, it could not be "fixed" in an iOS beta release.

As of this morning, seems like this is where we are at:

1. If you sync your devices using Google Calendar, you are good to go as of yesterday thanks to the back-end change implemented by Google.
2. If you sync using MS Exchange (and potentially other server types) you still have the GMT bug.
3. Multiple reports appear to confirm that the GMT Bug is fixed for EVERYONE as of iOS 8 Beta Release 5
4. iOS Beta Release 5 is expected out in March ahead of the Apple Watch release expected in April

If you are new to this forum (I expect a lot fewer new visitors now that Google did their fix), it is still helpful for you to submit a bug report to Apple. Here's the link:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

Hang in there. I think the resolution is just over the horizon.

Yay!!! I just set a new appointment in my phone and then I did what has become my usual waiting for the GMT time to appear so that I could go back and re-set it to the correct time zone (in my case, Central) but this time, nothing happened...the appointment appeared to be staying in the Central time zone!! I rushed to my computer to check out this thread to see if anyone else had discovered that the problem appeared to be fixed...or if this was just a fluke I was experiencing only to return to the aggravating task of re-setting my appointment. I am SO happy to find that it appears to be fixed (at least for those of us using Google calendars). Unfortunately, it sounds like no thanks goes to Apple for the fix but, rather, it goes to Google. THANK YOU, GOOGLE TEAM!!! YOU'RE THE BEST!

Whatever happened, we Google Calendar users now have an improved interaction between Google Calendar and Calendar on iOS (and Mac OS, which for me was exhibiting the same GMT problem). However I noticed something rather interesting: my calendars now display PST rather than GMT. After some poking around, this appears to be due to the fact that my Google Calendar is set to PST, while I am currently traveling in the CST time zone, so my iPhone and Mac are both set to CST. If I change the device time zone to PST (same as my Google Calendar time zone), then all the PST times disappear and my calendars look as they did before all of this happened. Same thing if I change my Google Calendar time zone to CST and leave my devices in CST - no alternate time appears. However, if Google Calendar and my local Calendar apps are in different time zones, the Google Calendar time appears in parenthesis.

Ignoring for the moment the infuriating and painful path to get here (I too have been ‘fixing’ every single calendar entry for the past couple of months), I rather like this feature. If I leave my Google Calendar set to PST and my local devices change time zones as I travel, the PST time that appears reminds me of the actual time back in California where some of my reoccurring meetings continue to happen (a nice hint for phone calls or webex meetings with folks back in PST land.)

BUT... I have an issue with this feature as it is currently implemented: Newly scheduled meetings get converted from local device time to Google Calendar time and time zone, which seems counter intuitive (and makes it more confusing to edit the time). When I schedule a local meeting, I want it to keep the local time and time zone. A work around is to change the time and time zone (same pain as the GMT ‘bug’) or switch the Google Calendar to local time, but these are extra steps and you don’t get any benefit from this feature. Maybe you have other expectations for this feature or don’t want or need it. Maybe this will change in iOS 8.2.

Try it! Does it make sense?

I don't use Google. But I am curious, what do you have "Time Zone Override" set to on your iOS device? The behavior you are describing sounds like how that feature is SUPPOSED to work, but never actually HAS worked so far. With it set to "on" all events are created in the user set time zone (in your example PST) regardless of what time zone you are in. With it set to "off" then when you are in CST, any new events you set up will be in CST. Check on that and let us kniw. If it's set to "on" turn it off and let us know what if anything changes too.

Go into your Google Calendar settings and add an additional time zone (CST). Later you can manually switch back to PST. You can have both time zones on there if you're traveling a lot.

Time Zone Override has exactly the same effect as changing the time zone of the iOS device. It just allows the Calendar app to be set to a different time zone than the rest of the device. For example, when I turn on Time Zone Override and set it to EST, while my iPhone is in CST and Google Calendar is in PST, I still see the PST time in each calendar event (or the CST time for events set to CST). When I change the Time Zone Override to PST, the PST times disappear in PST events. When I turn Time Zone Override off, Calendar switches to CST (same as the iPhone’s overall time zone), the PST times re-appear and the CST times disappear.

Apparently what Google did was to change their calendar service so that iOS Calendar points to the time zone setting in the user’s Google Calendar rather than the reference GMT time for the entire service.

As I mentioned in my previous post, when I create an event, it syncs then switches to the Google Calendar time and time zone. However, when I change the time zone for this event, the new time zone is saved (as expected.) I’m hoping that the 8.2 release fixes this apparent bug so that new events adopt the time zone of the Calendar app (whether the time zone comes from iOS or the Time Zone Override) rather than the calendar service. That seems like a more consistent behavior to me anyway. Maybe someone who has the 8.2 beta can give that a try.

Whew… hope this is clear!

Google has just fixed this with a workaround on their end: http://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2015/02/04/gmt-bug-ios-8-google-calenda r/

It hasn't been fixed for Outlook users. The article states that it appears to be fixed in the upcoming iOS 8.2 per the developer notes.

JG in SB - Thanks for keeping on top of this (somewhat entertaining) debacle. For the sake of information, I just added an event using the native calendar app and syncing with my Google account on my iphone5 and it is not displaying an additional time zone. I am still on ios 8.0.2, I stopped updating after my wife contracted the GMT Bug... -Brian

New events no longer show GMT for me (iOS 8.1.3 w/ Google fix). I hope the Apple fix will display correct event time like it does on OS X Yosmite calendar.

I had the same problem and did not read all 54 pages of this thread... but I noticed your mention of Time Zone Override, which I had never heard of. I found it on my iPhone under Settings/Mail-Contacts-CalendarsTime/Zone Support, turned it off, and now everything displays in the current time zone even with Time Zone Support turned on. Thanks!

James the fix must have come from Google.... If you now go to the google calendar (online) the appointment show properly on the grid but above the grid the appointment also show a GMT time....

After speaking with Apple Support at length in Dec., we determined in was not the IOS Calendar but rather my Google calendar. Google has since fixed this issue, as evident in my recent dates not having any GMT listing in my IOS Calendar. But still, my older dates all had the GMT time. I stumbled on a solution, other than going into each date and editing all.

FIrst, make sure your Google calendar is synced. Then go to you iPhone or iPad's Setting-->Mail, Contacts, Calendars. There unders Calendars, scroll down to "Sync." Most people will have it set to "All Events," but change it to say "Events 2 Weeks Back." Check your IOS Calendar -- yes, it will show only 2-weeks worth of events, but the GMT listing will be gone. Then go back into Settings--> Mail Contacts, Calendars and changed the "Sync" to say "Events 3 Months Back." Keep checking your IOS Calendar and then changing your "Sync" until you have Sync "All Events." All the GMT references should be gone.

I Do hope this helps. I was so relieved to finally have my IOS Calendar back to normal.