Ical events wrong times

I have finally a reason to start using ical but i am having nothing but issues.
For instance today i got an email stating a meeting from 11.00 to 14.30
I select it as its blue and create event pops up, it shows in that pop up box the correct start and end time.
However in ical its been put in between 6.00 am to 9.30am fully four hours earlier.
My time zone is correct, and the reality is i need to trust this software, and its not filling me with confindence.
Any ideas?

You may have already checked this but there are 2 places that you need to make sure you have the time zone set. The first is the time zone for the clock on the iPad (Settings>General>Date & Time>Time Zone) and the second is (Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Time Zone Support). If one of these is set incorrectly it can lead to what you are seeing.
Good Luck
Mike

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Thomas - You are awesome - THANK YOU!
I did exactly what you said (CAN"T believe an Apple Genius did not know this) and I think all of my events got restored.
However, it duplicated all of the calendars - I have 6 (one for each family member plus an extra called home that we all have to do).   Not sure if I did something wrong, but do you have any ideas?
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I TRULY appreciate you taking the time to help people in this forum.   I have spent hours the past two days trying to figure this out.   Plus, now I need to figure out about upgrading my Office for Mac b/c I didn't realize I lost Office 2004 when upgrading to Lion.
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I read a few threads that were related to my question, but it was more from moving over files from different versions of the operating software. Here is my dilemma:
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LarryHN wrote:
Sorry but albums can not be restored - and you can not select them in the show package contents display - albums are simply entries in the iPhoto database and have no physical presence
Additionally showing package contents and entering the iPhoto library is extremely dangerous and a tiny user error can destroy the library and cause dataloss -- it is strongly recommended to never go into the inside of the iPhoto library and there never is a reason t do so
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My albums appear in originals as folders. But as you say, they are the raw imports.
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HELP! Please.
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