For simplicity of explanation, I have 2 users; 1 in Brisbane, Aust. and the other in Sydney, Aust.(+1hour). They would like to make calendar entries to each other that will be reflected in their respective time zones.
I commenced what I thought would be a simple mod to the location document :-
Use operating systems’s time=No
Local time zone=(GMT+10:00) Canberra/Melbourne/Sydney
Daylight saving time=Observed here
I then shut down Notes and check that the notes.ini is correct:-
Timezone=-10
DST=1
DSTLAW=10,1,1,4,1,1
So at this stage all seems fine and ready to go, however when creating a Meeting in the calendar, the correctly reflected values (from notes.ini DST param) are not appearing in the EndTimeZone or StartTimeZone fields.
The daylight saving portion (DO) of the field value is :-
“Z=-10$DO=0$ZX=27$ZN=E.Australia” but I think should be
“Z=-10$DO=1$ZX=27$ZN=E.Australia”
I also tested that the notes.ini DST changed with any subsequent location document modification, thinking that it “may trigger” some calendar glitch…no such luck.
Does anyone have any ideas or clues on what may be causing this and/or how to rectify ?
Subject: Incorrect Daylight Saving appearing in new Calendar entries
Maybe it’s a Lotus Notes 7 thing but when I tried it in my Notes 6.5 (as thought it should) the TimeZone also include the start and end dates which you’re doesn’t seem to have… What happens if you set things to use the OS?
Subject: RE: Incorrect Daylight Saving appearing in new Calendar entries
You’re right Stephen, that portion of the field is indeed missing(?).Any changes I make in the location doc are reflected in the notes.ini, but not in the End or StartTimeZone fields - where I would like them !
Subject: RE: Incorrect Daylight Saving appearing in new Calendar entries
I created a meeting using R6.5.5 client & voila! the EndTimeZone=“Z=-10$DO=1$DL=10 1 1 4 1 1$ZX=8$ZN=AUS Eastern”. Is there something missing with R7 ?
My apologies, but I was probably a little remiss in not providing all the details; that there is a Win2003 R2 box running an R8.0.2 Domino server.
Using Remote Desktop/Terminal Services, users log in to run a R7.0.2 client, however, all the executables, dlls etc are shared, and the only difference being the Data folder residing on a user-based server location.
Well, lots of new possibilities there that I cannot attempt to reproduce!
I’d still be curious to see what you see for the Start / End Date Time Zone if you use the OS time instead. I’m curious if you will see the DL value then.
