Managing Time Zones

Outlook 2007 gives you a great deal of flexibility when it comes to time zones on your calendar. You can change time zones easily and even add a second time zone to the calendar. If you work for a corporation that has multiple offices in different time zones, being able to quickly reference your calendar with various zones can make scheduling simpler.

Changing the Time Zone

To work with time zones, use the Time Zone dialog box, shown in Figure 20-34. To open this dialog box, right-click the Time Bar and choose Change Time Zone. (Alternatively, choose Tools, Options, click Calendar Options, and then click Time Zone.)

You can set the current time zone and display a second time zone.

Figure 20-34. You can set the current time zone and display a second time zone.

In the Time Zone dialog box, you can specify a label for the current time zone, which is displayed above the Time Bar on your calendar. You can also set the time zone you want to use by selecting it in the Time Zone drop-down list, and you can specify whether to automatically adjust for daylight saving time.

Note

Changing the time zone in the Time Zone dialog box has the same effect as changing the time zone by using the Date And Time dialog box through Control Panel (Classic View).

When you change the time zone, the time of your appointments adjusts as well. Your appointments stay at their scheduled time in the original time zone but move to the appropriate time in the new time zone. For example, an appointment scheduled for 10:00 A.M. in the GMT+2 time zone will move to 8:00 A.M. if the time zone is changed to GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). Appointments are scheduled in absolute time, regardless of the time zone.

Using Two Time Zones

To add a second time zone to your calendar, follow these steps:

  1. In the Time Zone dialog box, select the Show An Additional Time Zone check box.

  2. Assign a label to the second time zone. This step is not necessary, but it can help to avoid confusion later on. (If your first time zone does not already have a label, adding one now will allow you to easily distinguish between the two.)

  3. In the second Time Zone drop-down list, select the second time zone.

  4. Select the Adjust For Daylight Saving Time check box if you want Outlook 2007 to make this adjustment.

  5. Click Swap Time Zones to swap the current time zone with the second time zone. This feature is useful if you travel between corporate offices in different time zones.

Figure 20-35 shows the calendar after these changes have been applied.

The calendar displays both time zones in the Time Bar under their respective labels.

Figure 20-35. The calendar displays both time zones in the Time Bar under their respective labels.

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