[Elecraft] Google Calendar UTC time issues -- solution [was: RE: Elecraft SSB Net announcement]

[Dave New, N8SBE]

Interesting hint to those that use Google Calendar to keep track of net
times, etc.

I had put these times on my calendar in what I thought was UTC, but it
turns out that 'London' time GMT+00 observes daylight savings time, thus
throwing the calendar off by one hour if you live in a local time zone
that also shifts for daylight time.

There are two solutions:

1) Either choose Iceland as the country, and then you call select
"GMT+00 (No Daylight Savings)" in the pull-down, or

2) Go to your settings page (under the little gear icon pull down, and
add a calendar (pick show all calendars), and choose GMT+00 (No Daylight
Time) in the pull down.  Then it will always show up as a pick when you
are choosing time zones for a calendar entry, without having to dig
through the Iceland time zone picks.

I've struggled the past year or so with re-doing all my net reminders
every seasonal daylight change, until I just got fed up with it today
and did a Google search and found a forum posting explaining how to deal
with it properly.

Now, hopefully I'll be reminded at the right time for the Elecraft net,
instead of showing up an hour early (like today) or an hour late.

73,

-- Dave, N8SBE

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft SSB Net announcement
> From: Phil Shepard <phils at riousa.com>
> Date: Sat, April 20, 2013 10:55 pm
> To: "elecraft at mailman.qth.net" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>
>
> The weekly Elecraft SSB net will meet tomorrow (4/21/13) at 1800Z on 14.3035
> MHz +/- QRM. I will be the net control from western Oregon. See you there.
>
> Phil, NS7P
>
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