<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/4.4.4"> </HEAD> <BODY> On Wed, 2013-05-29 at 09:48 +0000, evolution-list-request@gnome.org wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="20" VALIGN="top"> <A HREF="##HEADERS##"><IMG SRC="cid:1369823011.5115.4.camel@vesjobb" ALIGN="bottom"></A> </TD> <TD> <TABLE CELLPADDING="0"> <TR> <TH NOWRAP ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top"> </TH> <TD> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> </TD> <TD> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> </TD> <TD> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> </TD> <TD> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> </TD> <TD> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> </TR> </TABLE><TT>Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 09:06:06 +0200</TT> <TT>From: Patryk Benderz <<A HREF="mailto:Patryk.Benderz@esp.pl">Patryk.Benderz@esp.pl</A>></TT> <TT>To: <A HREF="mailto:evolution-list@gnome.org">evolution-list@gnome.org</A></TT> <TT>Subject: Re: [Evolution] Time drifting using Android - Exchange 2010 -</TT> <TT> Evolution</TT> <TT>Message-ID: <<A HREF="mailto:1369811166.10214.8.camel@esp-patben-lin.espdx1.local">1369811166.10214.8.camel@esp-patben-lin.espdx1.local</A>></TT> <TT>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"</TT> <TT>[cut]</TT> <TT>> Now, trying again!</TT> <TT>[cut]</TT> <TT> Post looks great. Check differences between OS and BIOS time set on</TT> <TT>each machine, including phone, however last one may not be trivial.</TT> <TT> I do not know Evolution code handles setting appointment incoming from</TT> <TT>different sources, but I imagine some parts of code may check OS time,</TT> <TT>wile others can check BIOS time. This would explain time difference from</TT> <TT>UTC.</TT> </BLOCKQUOTE> I will check this evening. However, one post says Evolution uses System time and not BIOS time. Don't know how to find BIOS time for the phone, but I will google a bit for it <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <TT>-- </TT> <TT>Patryk "LeadMan" Benderz</TT> <TT>Linux Registered User #377521</TT> <TT>() ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail</TT> <TT>/\ <A HREF="http://www.asciiribbon.org">www.asciiribbon.org</A> - against proprietary attachments</TT> <TT>------------------------------</TT> <TT>Message: 6</TT> <TT>Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 10:15:47 +0100</TT> <TT>From: Pete Biggs <<A HREF="mailto:pete@biggs.org.uk">pete@biggs.org.uk</A>></TT> <TT>To: <A HREF="mailto:evolution-list@gnome.org">evolution-list@gnome.org</A></TT> <TT>Subject: Re: [Evolution] Time drifting using Android - Exchange 2010 -</TT> <TT> Evolution</TT> <TT>Message-ID: <<A HREF="mailto:1369818947.27815.4.camel@snoopy.chem.ox.ac.uk">1369818947.27815.4.camel@snoopy.chem.ox.ac.uk</A>></TT> <TT>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-7"</TT> <TT>> > When you say it "drifts" do you mean it's exactly 2 hours off, or that</TT> <TT>> > it varies by up to 2 hours?</TT> <TT>> It is always off by two hours (which is the "offset" from timezone 0.)</TT> <TT>> ></TT> <TT>> > Do all the various components agree on the timezone and the current</TT> <TT>> > time? I.e. if the Windows machine says it's 10am, does the Linux machine</TT> <TT>> > also say it's 10am? How about the phone?</TT> <TT>> ></TT> <TT>> > poc</TT> <TT>> The timezone and the time is set equally on both PCs and phone</TT> <TT>What about the exchange server? Do you have any access to that to see</TT> <TT>what timezone it is set to?</TT> </BLOCKQUOTE> Our Exchange server is 2010 and the timezone for the server is UTC+1 + summertime, which altogether should be summarized to my computers' and my phone's +2 timezone <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <TT>> </TT> <TT>> Original post (not sure if I should attach this, but doing it for </TT> <TT>> including all relevant information):</TT> <TT>No, don't include the original - if you reply to a message to the list,</TT> <TT>use Ctrl-L (to reply to the list), that will set all the threading</TT> <TT>parameters properly so your message will appear in context with all the</TT> <TT>others so there is no need to include the original message. In fact</TT> <TT>good list ? email etiquette is to remove any parts of the message that</TT> <TT>aren't necessary to the answers you are giving.</TT> <TT>P.</TT> </BLOCKQUOTE> Trying to do it right this time... <IMG SRC="cid:1369823210.5115.8.camel@vesjobb" ALIGN="middle" ALT=":)" BORDER="0"> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <TT>------------------------------</TT> <TT>Message: 7</TT> <TT>Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 10:21:45 +0100</TT> <TT>From: Pete Biggs <<A HREF="mailto:pete@biggs.org.uk">pete@biggs.org.uk</A>></TT> <TT>To: <A HREF="mailto:evolution-list@gnome.org">evolution-list@gnome.org</A></TT> <TT>Subject: Re: [Evolution] Time drifting using Android - Exchange 2010 -</TT> <TT> Evolution</TT> <TT>Message-ID: <<A HREF="mailto:1369819305.27815.8.camel@snoopy.chem.ox.ac.uk">1369819305.27815.8.camel@snoopy.chem.ox.ac.uk</A>></TT> <TT>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-7"</TT> <TT>> Post looks great. Check differences between OS and BIOS time set on</TT> <TT>> each machine, including phone, however last one may not be trivial.</TT> <TT>> I do not know Evolution code handles setting appointment incoming from</TT> <TT>> different sources, but I imagine some parts of code may check OS time,</TT> <TT>> wile others can check BIOS time. This would explain time difference from</TT> <TT>> UTC.</TT> <TT>It's unlikely that Evolution (or anything else in user land) will look</TT> <TT>at the BIOS time - the standard time is the system time and that is</TT> <TT>(very) easily accessed through standard system calls.</TT> <TT>P.</TT> </BLOCKQUOTE> Could there be Evolution looking at other time information than phone, OWA and Outlook looks at? (Not sure what I am asking about, but could it be more than one time/date field "living" in Exchange 2010 server, where OWA, Outlook and phone looks at one field while Evolution looks at another)? <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <TT>------------------------------</TT> <TT>Message: 8</TT> <TT>Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 10:47:58 +0100</TT> <TT>From: Pete Biggs <<A HREF="mailto:pete@biggs.org.uk">pete@biggs.org.uk</A>></TT> <TT>To: <A HREF="mailto:evolution-list@gnome.org">evolution-list@gnome.org</A></TT> <TT>Subject: Re: [Evolution] Time drifting using Android - Exchange 2010 -</TT> <TT> Evolution</TT> <TT>Message-ID: <<A HREF="mailto:1369820878.27815.19.camel@snoopy.chem.ox.ac.uk">1369820878.27815.19.camel@snoopy.chem.ox.ac.uk</A>></TT> <TT>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-7"</TT> <TT>> </TT> <TT>> When entering appointments?events on my phone (using either SPlanner</TT> <TT>> or Touchdown) the appointments drift with two hours when picked up by</TT> <TT>> Evolution. If entering an appointment from 10:00 to 11:00 on the</TT> <TT>> phone, it shows up in Evolution from 8:00 to 9:00. This is how I do it</TT> <TT>> (for reproduction):</TT> <TT>I was just going to say that I too see the issues - but having just</TT> <TT>looked at my Exchange?EWS calendar (I don't use it very often) and put</TT> <TT>some new items in it, everything looks to be OK. I've certainly seen</TT> <TT>things that were and hour off (even "all day" appointments that went</TT> <TT>from 1am to 1am), but they seem to have resolved themselves. I wonder</TT> <TT>if an update to Exchange fixed it ('cos I know our Exchange server was</TT> <TT>updated recently).</TT> <TT>P.</TT> </BLOCKQUOTE> Thank you. Comforting to see that it is not just me.... Our Exchange server is 2010 and the timezone for the server is UTC+1 + summertime, which altogether should be summarized to my computers and my phone's +2 timezone. 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