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Microsoft lags Canada clock change, leaving Outlook calendars an hour off
The Register reported that after parts of British Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba stopped seasonal clock changes on Nov. 1, Microsoft software still shows wrong times and admins are using workarounds.
- New headline Was: “Microsoft's Canada timezone troubles leave admins fixing calendars”
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Microsoft software has not fully caught up with Canadian time-zone changes that took effect Nov. 1, leaving some calendars and schedules an hour off, The Register reported1.
Parts of British Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba stopped observing seasonal clock changes and remain permanently on UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00 and UTC-05:00, respectively, the outlet said1. Microsoft support guidance lists confirmed impact on Outlook and Exchange Online calendars and several other products.
Outlook users who switch to the new zones will not automatically update existing calendar entries, so meetings after Nov. 1 can be wrong by an hour1. Microsoft tells users to change the Outlook calendar time zone and then update upcoming events; only the organizer can change meetings that involve other people1.
Changing the time zone on a recurring meeting resets previously moved occurrences, which then have to be recreated, The Register said1. Microsoft is working on an Exchange Online PowerShell cmdlet to remediate non-recurring meetings; its support page targets Nov. 4, while a recurring-meeting fix remains in development with no confirmed date1.
Temporary workarounds for Power Automate and Fabric include mapping affected provinces to other zones such as Saskatchewan, Arizona or, for Manitoba, Bogota, according to The Register1. SharePoint On-Prem customers wait until Nov. 10 for the correct zones; Power Pages server-formatted dates may be an hour off until a service fix Microsoft currently targets for Dec. 12, the outlet said1.
Microsoft published guidance on Oct. 26, less than a week before the change, and was still adding products and workarounds four days later, The Register said1. The outlet noted a similar 2022 episode after Chile delayed a daylight-saving switch1.