ICloud Calendar Timezone and Refresh

Perhaps another iCloud bug here...
I travel a lot, and cross a lot of time zones. It'd be nice if my iCloud calendar could keep up with me!
What I appear to have discovered, is that even though I change the timezone on my Mac (Sys Prefs Date/Time), and change the timezone in my iCloud preferences, the iCloud Calendar will not refresh itself to show the proper days or times....doesn't refresh if I hit the refresh-calendar button, either.
In order to get the event to properly refresh, I must first double-click the event, and then close the event.... A bit of a pain if there are a couple dozen events needing changing in each timezone...
iCal on the iPad and iPhone does not seem to have this problem.
Thoughts? Fixes?
I'm submitting feedback to Apple on this...
Bob

Update...
The refresh button on the calendar does not work...
However, after making a timezone change, if I refresh the calendar page by clicking "Reload Page" on Safari, the calendar then properly reloads with the proper timezone changes for the events on that calendar...
Bob

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Hi Marknoon,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
In order to resolve this issue where you are unable to use iCloud calendars in Outlook, please follow the steps below, ensuring you follow them in order and testing after each step.
Troubleshooting on Microsoft Windows (Microsoft Outlook)
If you're having trouble with iCloud Calendar on a PC (with Outlook 2007 or later), try each of these steps, testing after each to see if the issue is resolved.
Note: iCloud Control Panel does not support Outlook 2010 Personal Edition. When using iCloud Control Panel 2.0 and later, iCloud Calendar event descriptions in Outlook 2010 do not support text formatting (bold, italics, or underline), HTML, images, or attachments. The contextual menu (right-click) has also been disabled.
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Open a secure website to test if ports 80 and 443 are accessible. Outlook requires port 443 access to iCloud to push and fetch updates to and from the iCloud Calendar servers.
Verify that your iCloud member name is entered into the iCloud Control Panel window. Learn about setting up iCloud on Windows.
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Make sure that iCloud is not your default account in Outlook:
In Outlook 2013 and 2010, select File > Info > Account Settings > Data Files. If iCloud is listed as the default account in the Comments column, select a different account and click Set as Default.
In Outlook 2007, select File > Data File Management > Data Files. If iCloud is listed as the default account in the Comments column, select a different account and click Set as Default.
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In Windows 8, go to the Start screen, then click the iCloud tile.
In Windows 7, choose Start menu > All Programs > iCloud > iCloud.
Deselect the checkbox next to Mail, Contacts, Calendars & Tasks, and click Apply. Wait a few seconds, then replace the checkmark and click Apply.
Open Outlook and test to see if the issue has been resolved.
Make sure that the iCloud Outlook Add-in is active within Outlook. (Learn more about managing Add-ins with Microsoft Outlook.)
Outlook 2013 and 2010:
Open Outlook 2013 or 2010.
Click the File menu.
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Look at the list of add-ins beneath "Active Application Add-Ins" and verify that "iCloud Outlook Add-in" is listed.
Outlook 2007:
Open Outlook 2007.
From the Tools menu, choose Trust Center.
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Look at the list of add-ins beneath "Active Application Add-Ins" and verify that "iCloud Outlook Add-in" is listed.
Restart your computer. This may sound simple, but it reinitializes your network and application settings and can frequently resolve issues.
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Im having trouble syncing my Icloud calendar to my computer. It will appear on my iphone and ipad but not my IMAC nor my sisters PC. We are trying to link calendars with work

Hi Elizablessed24,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
The article you've referenced is the correct one for troubleshooting the iCloud Calendar. Did you try each of the steps in the "Troubleshooting on OS X" section? I've highlighted a few of the key points below. When you have iCloud working on your Mac, then proceed to the section of the article for Windows troubleshooting.
iCloud: Troubleshooting iCloud Calendar
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3999?viewlocale=en_US
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Quit Calendar (or iCal).
Choose Apple () menu > System Preferences, then select iCloud.
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Open System Preferences and select iCloud.
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Close System Preferences.
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Restart your computer. This may sound simple, but it reinitializes your network and application settings and can frequently resolve issues.
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