Entering a time for an event in iCal

If I use the up/down arrows, all is fine. If instead I use the keyboard numbers, then it looks as if 1 is recognised as 3, 2 as 4...This happens only with ical.
Furthermore, if I syncronise with a mobile an event whose time was entered using keyboard, the time is increased by 2 hours on the mobile phone.
All this looks really weird.

Hi,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
It sounds as if you have time zones activated in iCal (iCal> Preferences> Advanced> Turn on time zone support).
Does the event info have a 'time zone' option. Is the time zone of the event different from the one your computer is set to? (System Preferences> Date & Time> Time Zone). In this case the stated start and end times are in the local time zone of the event, but appear in your computer's local time zone in the main window. For example your event could be in 'Europe/London' saying 9am and your computer could be set to 'Europe/Zurich' (one hour ahead?) and the event would show as 10am in the main daily/weekly pannel.
If so, you could either turn off time zone support in iCal (if it's not useful to you), or check that the event's and your computer's time zones are correct.
Hope this helps
John M

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