Outlook all day events bug

Some of my all-day events (like birthdays) synced over but would not show up on list view if there were other all-day events on the same day. When I edited the entry, I noticed the schedule was, on a Feb 12 for example, from Feb 12 to Feb 11 (yes, backwards). I changed the 11 to 12, made sure the all-day switch was on, and voila! My all-day even co-existed nicely with other all-day events.
It only did that in 3-4 of 15 all-day events. Just in case anyone runs into this.

Ditto - another one for the pile. Using Exchange Server 2007 and iPhone 4.1.
Additionally, if I create an all-day appointment on the iPhone that spans two days (typically Sat & Sun) and invite another party, when the invitation is accepted the appointment gets screwed up on the iPhone, depending on which view you're looking at. Here's the use case:
1) Create all-day event starting 27 Nov ending 28 Nov, invite somebody.
2) Invite is accepted, look at appointment on iPhone.
Month view: 27 Nov event shows as 00:00, 28 Nov is "all-day". Nothing on 29 Nov.
Day view: 27 & 28 Nov blocked out fully
List view: Event only shows as 00:00 on 27 Nov, nothing on 28 or 29.
Lastly, when you open the appointment and look at the detail, you see that it now runs from 00:00 on 27 Nov to 00:00 on 29 Nov. For a two day all-day event you created on the same device minutes earlier.
Come on Apple! I switched to the iPhone from Windows Mobile because of your slick UI and great choice of apps, and even forgave you the lack of task and category support. But if you can't even get my appointments right I'll think twice before placing my order for that MacBook Pro I've been ******* after.
M.

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Dim i As Integer
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