OOM and IMessage show different calendar times? "Beiley" <googlegroups[ at ]beiley.com> 2/6/2006 6:06:42 PM I have some calendar items that I'm observing with OutlookSpy. When I open the event up with "Current Item" I see some values for "Start" and "End" that are different from the times I see when I open it up with "IMessage". The problem seems to be related to time zones, as the "Current Item" times are off by 5 hours from what they are supposed to be. The "IMessage" times are correct according to what is displayed on the Outlook calendar. Are the IMessage times in GMT, and the "Current Item" times in local time? How can you get the correct time using "Current Item" (OOM)? Thanks, Mark http://www.beiley.com

Re: OOM and IMessage show different calendar times? "Dmitry Streblechenko" <dmitry[ at ]dimastr.com> 2/6/2006 6:14:24 PM Yes, MAPI stores all datetime properties in the UTC timezone and OOM only uses the local timezone. Are you asking how to convert local timezone to UTC? What are you trying to do? Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP) http://www.dimastr.com/ OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO and MAPI Developer Tool "Beiley" <googlegroups[ at ]beiley.com> wrote in message news:1139249202.831383.282690[ at ]f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] >I have some calendar items that I'm observing with OutlookSpy. When I > open the event up with "Current Item" I see some values for "Start" and > "End" that are different from the times I see when I open it up with > "IMessage". The problem seems to be related to time zones, as the > "Current Item" times are off by 5 hours from what they are supposed to > be. The "IMessage" times are correct according to what is displayed on > the Outlook calendar. > > Are the IMessage times in GMT, and the "Current Item" times in local > time? > > How can you get the correct time using "Current Item" (OOM)? > > Thanks, > Mark > http://www.beiley.com >

Re: OOM and IMessage show different calendar times? "Beiley" <googlegroups[ at ]beiley.com> 2/7/2006 6:25:14 PM Hi Dmitry, Thanks for the help. I'm trying to get the event's local time. I've been using OOM, and it has worked fine for most cases. I have one customer who has events that have been added to their calendar as accepted meeting requests. They show up on their calendar at a certain time, say 1pm. If they open up that event it says "8am (GMT -5:00 EST)" in the header. OutlookSpy shows the event's local time as 8am also, but for some reason it shows up as 1pm on their calendar, which is what they believe the correct time should be (1pm). They have the displayed time zone set to EST in Outlook and also in Windows, yet for some reason it shows 1pm on the calendar view, but 8am on the event item view. It seems like the calendar is displaying in GMT, rather than EST, but it is set to EST in "Tools / Options... / Calendar Options / Time Zone". I'm confused as to why/how that could be. Any ideas? Thanks, Mark http://www.beiley.com

Re: OOM and IMessage show different calendar times? "Dmitry Streblechenko" <dmitry[ at ]dimastr.com> 2/8/2006 5:44:55 PM Did you look at the Extended MAPI message (click IMessage button) or the Outlook.AppointmentItem object (click Item button)? What timezone was the meeting created in? If it has the timezone info different from the current one, all times will be offset appropriately in the UI and the Object Model. Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP) http://www.dimastr.com/ OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO and MAPI Developer Tool "Beiley" <googlegroups[ at ]beiley.com> wrote in message news:1139336714.783118.139340[ at ]g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > Hi Dmitry, > > Thanks for the help. I'm trying to get the event's local time. I've > been using OOM, and it has worked fine for most cases. I have one > customer who has events that have been added to their calendar as > accepted meeting requests. They show up on their calendar at a certain > time, say 1pm. If they open up that event it says "8am (GMT -5:00 > EST)" in the header. OutlookSpy shows the event's local time as 8am > also, but for some reason it shows up as 1pm on their calendar, which > is what they believe the correct time should be (1pm). They have the > displayed time zone set to EST in Outlook and also in Windows, yet for > some reason it shows 1pm on the calendar view, but 8am on the event > item view. It seems like the calendar is displaying in GMT, rather > than EST, but it is set to EST in "Tools / Options... / Calendar > Options / Time Zone". I'm confused as to why/how that could be. Any > ideas? > > Thanks, > Mark > http://www.beiley.com >

Re: OOM and IMessage show different calendar times? "Beiley" <googlegroups[ at ]beiley.com> 2/9/2006 5:57:08 PM I looked at both of those (IMessage and Item), and they are offset correctly by 5 hours due to the timezone info (EST). However, if you look at the event on the calendar it is displaying as if the calendar was in UTC, rather than the specified EST time zone set under "Tools / Options... / Calendar / Time Zone Info". This Outlook installation is using an "iPlanet" server as opposed to Exchange. The iPlanet installation is located in a UTC time zone, and I suspect it is somehow causing times to display in Outlook on UTC time, rather than the locally specified time zone (EST). This problem only shows up on events created by receiving a meeting request. The request comes from another Outlook with the same time zone settings (EST). Events created on the calendar not though accepting a meeting request work properly. Thanks, Mark http://www.beiley.com

Re: OOM and IMessage show different calendar times? "Dmitry Streblechenko" <dmitry[ at ]dimastr.com> 2/9/2006 6:37:25 PM Don't know anything about iPlanet, sorry. Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP) http://www.dimastr.com/ OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO and MAPI Developer Tool "Beiley" <googlegroups[ at ]beiley.com> wrote in message news:1139507828.891552.314620[ at ]g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] >I looked at both of those (IMessage and Item), and they are offset > correctly by 5 hours due to the timezone info (EST). However, if you > look at the event on the calendar it is displaying as if the calendar > was in UTC, rather than the specified EST time zone set under "Tools / > Options... / Calendar / Time Zone Info". This Outlook installation is > using an "iPlanet" server as opposed to Exchange. The iPlanet > installation is located in a UTC time zone, and I suspect it is somehow > causing times to display in Outlook on UTC time, rather than the > locally specified time zone (EST). > > This problem only shows up on events created by receiving a meeting > request. The request comes from another Outlook with the same time > zone settings (EST). Events created on the calendar not though > accepting a meeting request work properly. > > Thanks, > Mark > http://www.beiley.com >