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Google Cal time in iCal as GMT default (wrong time zone)

Reach9

Reach9

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Hey all, so recently whenever i create a Google Calendar event on my iPhone or Mac, it automatically changes the time zone to GMT or says (GMT) in the description.

I made test events on the web version of Google Calendar and they showed up on my iPhone and Mac as the normal time zone. But whenever i make an event through my iPhone or Mac, it defaults to GMT.

This is driving me crazy, does anyone else have this issue or fixed it? I never had this issue before
 
Did you check you default time zone? Go to settings: Mail, Contacts, Calendars. Then scroll down to "Time Zone Override". Do you have this turned on or off.
 
This has been an issue for my wife and driving her crazy. She puts her work schedule on her calendar on her iPhone and it's shared with me and it goes in at EST but then a couple of minutes later changes. We recently turned off time zone override....I think it fixed the problem but will have to check.
 
truskowr said:
Did you check you default time zone? Go to settings: Mail, Contacts, Calendars. Then scroll down to "Time Zone Override". Do you have this turned on or off.
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TheAppleFairy said:
This has been an issue for my wife and driving her crazy. She puts her work schedule on her calendar on her iPhone and it's shared with me and it goes in at EST but then a couple of minutes later changes. We recently turned off time zone override....I think it fixed the problem but will have to check.
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Yeah I have Time Zone Override to OFF.

So i did some troubleshooting and found that whenever i create a Google Cal event on my Mac or iPhone, it shows up on Google Calendar (on the web browser) without the Event Time Zone set. Even though my default Time Zone is normal, this makes no sense.

The only solution i found was to go to Google Calendar and manually set Event Time Zone for each event..which is very tedious. I never had this issue before so it's really weird, and i don't recall playing around with Calendar settings recently either.
 
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Reach9 said:
Yeah I have Time Zone Override to OFF.

So i did some troubleshooting and found that whenever i create a Google Cal event on my Mac or iPhone, it shows up on Google Calendar (on the web browser) without the Event Time Zone set. Even though my default Time Zone is normal, this makes no sense.

The only solution i found was to go to Google Calendar and manually set Event Time Zone for each event..which is very tedious. I never had this issue before so it's really weird, and i don't recall playing around with Calendar settings recently either.
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I assume you are using the default iPhone calendar app, as is my wife. She never had that issue until recently. 8.1.2 related? I wonder if 8.1.3 will address this.
 
TheAppleFairy said:
I assume you are using the default iPhone calendar app, as is my wife. She never had that issue until recently. 8.1.2 related? I wonder if 8.1.3 will address this.
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I'm not even on 8.1.2, I didn't have this issue a couple weeks ago, so i'm wondering if the problem could be on Google's end but i could be wrong.

I just don't understand why is it that when the Event Time Zone isn't set, the iPhone and Mac defaults to GMT. Why does it even matter if the Event Time Zone isn't set, when by default it shows the normal time zone. Argh!
 
Reach9 said:
I'm not even on 8.1.2, this seems like an issue on Google's end but i could be wrong.

I just don't understand why is it that when the Event Time Zone isn't set, the iPhone and Mac defaults to GMT. Why does it even matter if the Event Time Zone isn't set, when by default it shows the normal time zone. Argh!
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Oh I see it happens on your Mac too. This is frustrating, maybe it is a Google issue.
 
jhtrico1850 said:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6548616
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/calendar/CaPn0hLOU0c[101-125-false]

Has been known since September 2014. Related to Outlook, iOS 8?

http://blog.appriver.com/2014/12/ios-8-calendar-events-display-dual-time-zones/

“Thank you for calling in so we may add to impact on issue with Exchange accounts and calendars on ios 8. Apple is aware of this and currently being worked on.”

I hope they fix it soon it's annoying as well.
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See i don't understand as my issue is related to Google Calendar, and i never had a problem until recently.
 
jhtrico1850 said:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6548616
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/calendar/CaPn0hLOU0c[101-125-false]

Has been known since September 2014. Related to Outlook, iOS 8?

http://blog.appriver.com/2014/12/ios-8-calendar-events-display-dual-time-zones/

“Thank you for calling in so we may add to impact on issue with Exchange accounts and calendars on ios 8. Apple is aware of this and currently being worked on.”

I hope they fix it soon it's annoying as well.
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I have no problems with Outlook (syncing with Outlook 2010 & 2013 at work) on my iOS 8 devices with time zones changing. I'm suspecting Google has done something on their end...?
 
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