Synching Treo 600 with I Cal alters meeting time by one hour?

Question

When preforming a synch with I CAL, all meeting times, Flight times etc were moved back one hour! Having now manually corrected the Schedule on the TREO what can I do to prevent this from recurring the next time I synch with Ical? Can I make the Treo Schedule override the now incorrect times on ICAL?

Answer 1

Hi,
Time zone issues have always been a pain in the you know what.
Here is what the guys at Mark/Space gave me a long time ago. Maybe it will work with your situation.
Ho Boy do I hate those 1 hour off time shift (ST-DT) issues, they are my worst nightmare. Because it is always a case by case solution, never got a single solution to work twice.
So I will have to give you my check list, so you can go throuth it. The big picture is, making some backups, reset the pram on the Mac. Do the check list, finally do an overwrite of the handheld with the desktop data.
Here we go.
Do some backups first by following those simple steps
1. Go to Address Book, click on 'File' menu and choose 'Back up Address Book'. Go to iCal, click on 'File' menu and choose 'Back up database'.
2. Go to Missing Sync and double click on the Backup Conduit and set it to backup all databases. Then run the sync with just that Backup conduit selected, disable all other conduits.
3. Go to: /Users/<user name>/Documents/Palm/Users/<hotsync name>/ now hold the 'ctrl' key and click on the /Backups/ folder. Choose the option to 'Create Archive of "Backups"'. This is to safeguard your backed up data in case anything goes wrong.
Reset PRAM
Shut down your computer, as soon as you start your computer press and hold command-option-P-R keys simultaneously until you hear the chime start up sound 3 times. Then let go of the keys.
Support Reps and Engineers have met over this issue of Time Zones. There are some grey zones that still need to be addressed, either by us, Apple's iCal team or Palm.
Here is a list of items that you need to verify or correct.
1) Launch iCal, in the iCal menu go to Preferences, in the toolbar, click "Advanced", make sure that "Turn on time zone support" is unchecked.
2) On your device, launch you calendar, menu Preferences, uncheck "New events use time zones".
3) Check for new firmware updates available for your device. http://www.palm.com/us/support/downloads/
4) Verify your location and time. (Ex: if your location is not listed in the selections you can add it).
To add your location, tap location, go to "edit list", in the new window tap "add", you will see a list of Cities, go down the list to "Your Location" and add it to the your list.
5) On your Mac, in the System Preferences, open the Date & Time pane, check your "Time Zone". Make sure that it is the same as your Treo.
6) On your device, tap on the TimeCopy application use the drop-down menu to select Option and then Preference, you can modify to "Update" at Local time only.
7) If you are using third-party Calendar applications (such as DateBK 5, Agendus etc.) consult your user documentation or contact the appropriate technical support representative.
Go to iCal, click on 'File' menu and choose 'Back up database'. Modify the name of the backup so that it won't overwrite the one you did earlier.
I suggest that you 'Reset Sync History' using the iSync preferences option. The first sync will likely be slower.
1) Launch iSync
2) Click on the iSync menu
3) Choose Preferences (make sure the "Enable syncing on this computer" is checked)
4) Click the 'Reset Sync History' button. Read and follow the onscreen directions.
5) This may launch iCal. Also the status of the reset is showing in the iSync display. When the reset is complete quit both iSync and iCal.
Launch Missing Sync and enable the Mark/Space Contacts, Events and Tasks conduits and set them to Desktop overwrite Handheld. Disable all other conduits.
Then sync, when you do, you will get a dialog box with an orange iSync icon on it. Check the box to erase the device, then click the 'Allow' button. It will overwrite your device. You will get one for events, one for tasks, and one for contacts. The next time you sync .mac or other devices that sync with iSync like an iPod, you will get these same dialog boxes for their databases and you should check the box and click 'Allow' in those cases as well.
Good luck...