Microsoft 365 - New Outlook - Problem to save Time Zones

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Microsoft 365 - New Outlook - Problem to save Time Zones

Sokoban 1,061

Hi

Every time I will start Outlook, Calendar have wrong time zone and every time I need to change the Time Zone settings.

Screenshot 2024-10-05 085328

How will I do to that save it permently ?

S O K O B A N

SW 10 Reputation points

2024-11-19T12:44:16.6333333+00:00

the problem is the outlook.com server does not allow to change the default timezone, no matter how you change on your pc, outlook.com take the default timezone and after save and left, reopen the page, it turns back to original timezone....

the mechanism is not functioning like the classic outlook program.
MCtimes 5 Reputation points

2024-11-19T13:22:49.9966667+00:00

I'm having the same problem. Just doesn't save the correct settings for timezone etc. Infuriating.
SW 10 Reputation points

2024-11-19T15:19:37.47+00:00

i have a walkaround, register a new outlook.com email account, set the default timezone.

in new outlook app, remove all accounts, adding the new outlook account as the first email account to serve as a "backbone" for calendar timezone, then adding back all other email accounts,

this should allow all email accounts refers to the first account setting in Calendar

i discovered the new outlook app actually is a thing web client, the time zone setting is stored on server, especially if you have mobilephone MFA enabled, the timezone probably will tight to the mobilephone country.

SW
Micosoft007UK 0 Reputation points

2024-11-20T13:10:53.3666667+00:00

I too am seeing this, I just changed from bluemail to Outlook (new) yesturday as bluemail has become so buggy and keeps being updated every other day now. All my stuff is locally set to UK but I keep getting a US time zone.
Micosoft007UK 0 Reputation points

2024-11-20T13:14:02.2733333+00:00

But we shouldn't need a workaround, we need a patch to fix this. I grant you that is a great find, but I didn't even add an outlook account and just added my email accounts. My mobile phone country is UK and my laptop and all other devices are set too. Hope they do bother to patch this, I hope it doesn't actually impact incoming and outgoing mail.
MCtimes 5 Reputation points

2024-11-25T09:09:10.5066667+00:00

A glimmer of hope. I tried a small workaround by adding a new timezone (which in my case I called "UK Time" and set that to GMT/UK time). This now appears alongside my original UK time zone (which I had called " Home"). For some strange bizarre reason, its retained both timezones correctly and I've not had to reset each time I open Outlook. I closed Outlook this morning and reopened it and its retained the settings correctly. Hope that helps.
Nick Link 0 Reputation points

2025-03-13T11:43:06.01+00:00

@mctimes So far it seems to work for me, thanks.... Now just to stop it asking me to log in every other time!

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SW 10 Reputation points

2024-11-19T12:44:16.6333333+00:00

the problem is the outlook.com server does not allow to change the default timezone, no matter how you change on your pc, outlook.com take the default timezone and after save and left, reopen the page, it turns back to original timezone....

the mechanism is not functioning like the classic outlook program.
MCtimes 5 Reputation points

2024-11-19T13:22:49.9966667+00:00

I'm having the same problem. Just doesn't save the correct settings for timezone etc. Infuriating.
SW 10 Reputation points

2024-11-19T15:19:37.47+00:00

i have a walkaround, register a new outlook.com email account, set the default timezone.

in new outlook app, remove all accounts, adding the new outlook account as the first email account to serve as a "backbone" for calendar timezone, then adding back all other email accounts,

this should allow all email accounts refers to the first account setting in Calendar

i discovered the new outlook app actually is a thing web client, the time zone setting is stored on server, especially if you have mobilephone MFA enabled, the timezone probably will tight to the mobilephone country.

SW
Micosoft007UK 0 Reputation points

2024-11-20T13:10:53.3666667+00:00

I too am seeing this, I just changed from bluemail to Outlook (new) yesturday as bluemail has become so buggy and keeps being updated every other day now. All my stuff is locally set to UK but I keep getting a US time zone.
Micosoft007UK 0 Reputation points

2024-11-20T13:14:02.2733333+00:00

But we shouldn't need a workaround, we need a patch to fix this. I grant you that is a great find, but I didn't even add an outlook account and just added my email accounts. My mobile phone country is UK and my laptop and all other devices are set too. Hope they do bother to patch this, I hope it doesn't actually impact incoming and outgoing mail.
MCtimes 5 Reputation points

2024-11-25T09:09:10.5066667+00:00

A glimmer of hope. I tried a small workaround by adding a new timezone (which in my case I called "UK Time" and set that to GMT/UK time). This now appears alongside my original UK time zone (which I had called " Home"). For some strange bizarre reason, its retained both timezones correctly and I've not had to reset each time I open Outlook. I closed Outlook this morning and reopened it and its retained the settings correctly. Hope that helps.
Nick Link 0 Reputation points

2025-03-13T11:43:06.01+00:00

@mctimes So far it seems to work for me, thanks.... Now just to stop it asking me to log in every other time!

Answer 1

Hi @Sokoban

Welcome to our forum!

Is it the wrong meeting time? Or is there any regularity to the timing of each mistake?

According to the screenshot, your time zone setting is different from the meeting time zone setting.

In New Outlook, if two time zones are displayed, the time zone of the meeting organizer is used as the reference point. If you organize a meeting and display the free/busy hours of invitees in other time zones, their busy hours will be adjusted so that they appear correctly in your time zone. The second time zone is visible only when you view the calendar in the day or week view.

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SokiGuo-MSFT 31,546 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2024-10-14T07:58:43.45+00:00

Hi @Sokoban

Just checking in to see if above information was helpful. If you have any further updates on this issue, please feel free to post back. If you think my reply is helpful to you, please remember to mark it as an answer. Warm thanks.

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