[missing-sync-hiptop-talk] Re: iCal/hiptop Sync Time Zone Issue

[Jonathan Schalliol]

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>Message: 2
>Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:56:29 -0500
>From: Jonathan Schalliol <jon at schalliol.com>
>Subject: [missing-sync-hiptop-talk] iCal/hiptop Sync Time Zone Issue
>To: missing-sync-hiptop-talk at lists.markspace.com
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>I'm having trouble getting the iCal syncing to work as a result of a
>time zone issue.  As noted by Dave with M/S below, the Sidekick will
>only recognize zones like US/Eastern, but not America/Detroit.  Since
>the hiptop Sync software doesn't do this mapping, I'm trying to go
>through my events to change to this format.  The main problem is that
>I do not see the formats he notes I can use.  I've attached images of
>what I see on my 10.4.5 MacBook Pro for more information, but could
>someone tell me how to acquire such zones so I can use this software?
>Thanks!
>
>  From Dave @ MarkSpace Support:
>>In Calendar the time zone support. The Sidekick will recognize
>>US/Eastern but not what is in iCal which is America/Detroit. So when
>>it syncs it fails with those records. The error message you get
>>isn't terribly descriptive, it is more of a 'catch all' message. So
>>you should have your time zone in iCal be in the US/Eastern,
>>US/Central, US/Mountain, US/Pacific format rather then one like
>>America/Detroit. This is what I suspect is the case for you since
>>your time zone appears to be America/Indianapolis. There are a
>>couple of the appointments that are failing that are US/Pacific so
>>I'm not sure why those are failing. One way to test this is to
>>create a new test calendar and enter one event in a good format,
>>then set Missing Sync to only sync with that calendar and to NOT
>>sync with contacts at all and see if you get the same problem.