OL2000: Imported iCalendar or vCalendar Appointments Have the Wrong Time (258754)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook 2000

This article was previously published under Q258754

SYMPTOMS

When you open or import an appointment in Outlook that is saved in vCalender format (.vcs) or iCalendar format (.ics) using local time, the start and end times are different from the original time.

CAUSE

When you open or import an appointment that is saved in vCalender or iCalendar format using local time, it is treated as Greenwich mean time instead of the local time that you specified.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

276367 OFF2000: How to Obtain the Latest Office 2000 Service Pack


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 2.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/6/2003
Keywords:kbbug kbfix kbOffice2000sp2fix KB258754