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asp.netoutlooktimezone
Waqleh
Waqleh

Reputation: 10161

Send a Meeting Request with System.Net.Mail

I am using this example code to send a meeting request. I am having a problem: every time I use the code, the meeting time is always the wrong time.

For example: DTSTART:20120710T143000Z gives an appointment in Outlook Tuesday, July 10, 2012 4:30 PM-5:30 PM when it should give Tuesday, July 10, 2012 2:30 PM-3:30 PM. Why is that happening?

Our local time is UTC/GMT +3 (Jordan Standard Time) in the summer and UTC/GMT +2 in the winter. Every time I make an appointment through outlook it is always the right time.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2385

Answers (1)

Marijn
Marijn

Reputation: 10557

The start time you place in your appointment should be a UTC time. I suspect you are a inserting local (Jordan) time. This explains the two hour difference, because afaik UTC does not take daylight saving time into account.

SO resources:

  1. Convert somebody's local time to the UTC time
  2. Daylight saving time and time zone best practices
  3. Convert UTC/GMT time to local time

Upvotes: 2

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