Wednesday, June 9, 2004
WebIS Releases CorrectTime 2.0
Posted by Janak Parekh in "SOFTWARE" @ 10:30 AM
Looks like Alex is having a busy day over at WebIS. ;)
"Currently, Microsoft's Pocket Outlook application for Windows Mobile 2002/2003 treats the starting times of all appointments as being relative to Greenwich Mean Time. So, when you travel with your Pocket PC, and you change time zones, all of your appointments appear to start at the wrong time...PI CorrectTime™ for Windows Mobile fixes this problem by undoing the 'work' that Pocket Outlook does. With PI CorrectTime™ installed, no traveling Windows Mobile user will ever have to be worried about this problem again."
We've had long debates on what the "correct" behavior of handling appointments shifts when moving timezones is, and even the MVPs can't agree. But if you don't like the Pocket PC way of handling this, you might want to check this program out -- it works in the background and "prevents" this shift from happening.
"Currently, Microsoft's Pocket Outlook application for Windows Mobile 2002/2003 treats the starting times of all appointments as being relative to Greenwich Mean Time. So, when you travel with your Pocket PC, and you change time zones, all of your appointments appear to start at the wrong time...PI CorrectTime™ for Windows Mobile fixes this problem by undoing the 'work' that Pocket Outlook does. With PI CorrectTime™ installed, no traveling Windows Mobile user will ever have to be worried about this problem again."
We've had long debates on what the "correct" behavior of handling appointments shifts when moving timezones is, and even the MVPs can't agree. But if you don't like the Pocket PC way of handling this, you might want to check this program out -- it works in the background and "prevents" this shift from happening.
