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Jim Seybert

Q: Time zone support on Watch

I travel a lot. When I enter events on my iPhone calendar, it is set to keep all the entries as local time. I believe this is called Time Zone Support.

When I enter an airplane flight for 6:05pm, the calendar shows this as 6:05 pm regardless of  the time zone im in.

However, the calendar on my Watch will not do this. Flights entered as 6:05pm show as (example) 8:05pm if I've traveled to CENTRAL TIME from my home in CALIFORNIA

I've looked for a fix, but don't find anything.

Apple Watch 42mm, watchOS 2.1

Posted on Jan 19, 2016 11:53 AM

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  • by sberman,

    sberman sberman Jan 19, 2016 9:06 PM in response to Jim Seybert
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    Jan 19, 2016 9:06 PM in response to Jim Seybert

    Jim Seybert wrote:

     

    Flights entered as 6:05pm show as (example) 8:05pm if I've traveled to CENTRAL TIME from my home in CALIFORNIA

    Personally, I would want this behavior.  When I am in the midwest, if I show a 6:05PM PST flight, I would want to know the flight is actually at 8:05PM CST.

     

    But I understand you wish a different behavior, and want that flight to show at 6:05PM regardless of where you are at the moment.

     

    Have you set Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Time Zone Override = "On" on your iPhone?

     

    I am guessing you have this setting, as you reference "time zone support" and probably mean "time zone override."

     

    I don't think there is an equivalent function specifically for the Apple Watch.  As I said, personally, I would find this behavior (stating the flight is at 6:05PM regardless of my location) objectionable.