In iCloud calendar, I can set the time zone to 'floating', which keeps the event time the same no matter what time zone I travel to.
I cant see 'floating' as an option though when I set up an event on my iPhone?
iPhone 8, iOS 12.1
This isn't a cool feature when you are looking at flights. Say I am in the US and I book a morning flight from Beijing to Abu Dhabi, what possible reason would I want to see this in my current US time zone? It gets even worse when you book a flight that crosses over time zones, or even arrives earlier than it departed (flying from Eastern Russia into Canada).
The solution to confusing time zone switches is setting the entry as a "Floating" time zone. Then no matter where I am, I can look at that flight and know that it is set correctly.
iCal on OSX has supported floating time zones for ages. The problem with Calendar on iOS is that it forces you to select a timezone when you add an entry, there should be an option to select "Floating" just like you can on OSX.
Right now, I need to add the entry then go to my computer and edit the entry to use floating time zone.
It shouldn't be that difficult.
This isn't a cool feature when you are looking at flights. Say I am in the US and I book a morning flight from Beijing to Abu Dhabi, what possible reason would I want to see this in my current US time zone? It gets even worse when you book a flight that crosses over time zones, or even arrives earlier than it departed (flying from Eastern Russia into Canada).
The solution to confusing time zone switches is setting the entry as a "Floating" time zone. Then no matter where I am, I can look at that flight and know that it is set correctly.
iCal on OSX has supported floating time zones for ages. The problem with Calendar on iOS is that it forces you to select a timezone when you add an entry, there should be an option to select "Floating" just like you can on OSX.
Right now, I need to add the entry then go to my computer and edit the entry to use floating time zone.
It shouldn't be that difficult.
I hope this helps!Change your time zone
Your device automatically updates your Calendar and appointments to reflect the time zone you're currently in. So if you travel from San Francisco to New York, your 1:00 p.m. alert will now go off at 4:00 p.m. If you don't want the time zone to update automatically, you can change the Calendar settings on your device.
On your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch:
- Go to Settings > Calendar.
- Tap Time Zone Override.
- Slide to turn on Time Zone Override.
- Tap Time Zone and search for the time zone you want to use.
Joseph,
You seem to have missed entirely my problem. Maybe I could have made it simpler.
My problem is that, when setting the time zone on my iPhone and iPad, the option to have a ‘Floating’ time zone is not available.
iphone floating time zone
