Treo 700w DST time change workaround

[Bob Russell]

I am rarely surprised by the time changes related to daylight savings time because I usually hear it from friends and co-workers and see it on television, etc. But I was caught by surprise today. Even my trusty Treo 650 didn't show the change because I had the phone off, so it hadn't adjusted yet.

Well, it seems that the time change caught Palm by surpise also, because there are some issues for Treo 700w users. Specifically, from the Palm, Inc Support Knowledge Library, "After Daylight Saving Time begins (2:00 a.m., first Sunday in April), you may notice that some appointments in your smartphone's Calendar appear one hour early. For example, if you had scheduled a dental appointment for 9:00 a.m. Monday, it would appear on your smartphone as 8:00 a.m. Monday; it will also appear incorrectly in Outlook on your desktop PC as 8:00 a.m. Monday.

In addition, full-day appointments may appear one day early."

They indicate that the issue is under investigation by their engineers, but they have some workarounds. Basically, they say to either delete and re-enter the appointments in Outlook, or to not use network time and correct all the appointments by hand.

This would seem to be a pretty significant negative image as it affects a lot of new Palm customers who adopted a Windows Mobile Treo, and because smartphones are used primarily for two two features... the phone and the calendar. Hopefully, there will be a better fix soon with a patch, but it may take some time to test and work out with the various carriers.

By the way, when I did turn on my Treo 650's phone, the time immediately was set correctly, and all my appointments look like they are fine. Quite a relief!

Via Palm Addicts

[TadW]

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