Syncing iPhone with Outlook – Calendar time warp

I am now the happy owner of an iPhone 3G. Full review to come, and in particular, I am going to compare and contrast with the HTC Touch Pro that I owned previously.

I was having a problem with syncing the iPhone calendar with Outlook. All my appointments were making the journey but they were being time shifted seven or so hours.

My time zone was correct on both the iPhone and the PC, but I missed something: There is seperate time zone support in the Calendar application.

If you have this problem, here is the fix:

1. Go to Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
2. Scroll down to the ‘Calendars’ section.
3. Go into ‘Time Zone Support’, and ensure that the Time Zone also matches where you are. Mine was set to California!

For reference, the general time zone for the device is set as follows:

1. Go to Settings -> General -> Date & Time.
2. Adjust “Time Zone” to suit.