Contact & Birthday Calendar Issue

On my PC I use Microsoft Office to manage my contacts and then sync my contacts with my iPhone. On my PC in Microsoft Office most of my contacts have birthdates and all birthdates are correct here. However, on my iPhone if I open any contact from Contacts and check the birthdates, they are out by 1 day (1 day forward). If then I open my Calendar on my iPhone and go to the Birthday Calendar I find that birthdays are also out by 1 day (1 day back). E.g. on my pc, my birthday is 6 June 1973, which is correct, but on my iPhone under Contacts my birthday here is 7 June 1973 and in Calendar > Birthdays my birthday here is 5 June 1973.
Environment
- Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64
- Microsoft Office 2010 (but had the same issue in Office 2007)
- iTunes 10.1 (but had the same issue in the last few version of iTunes)
- iPhone 3GS
- iPhone Version 4.1 (but had the same issue in the last few versions)
- Region Format is New Zealand
- Calendar is Gregorian
- Date & Time is 12 hr and its set to automatic
Can we please sort this out Apple?
If you need any further info, please let me know.

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Do you have Time Zone Support enabled with Outlook on your PC and on your iPhone? If so, do you need Time Zone Support enabled with either one? If you have Time Zone Support enabled on both, try disabling this on both first to see if this makes any difference.

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