My calendar technique needs some work.
Here's my conundrum -
If I need to schedule a meeting in my calendar software - what time zone do I use? I'm in central time. So my first thought is to keep everything in central time. However, the person I'm meeting with is in Eastern time - so if I keep it Eastern then I'll be sure to call them on time (if I mark it as Eastern time). But that requires conversion on my end for each meeting.
Also in the mix is that this is a shared calendar -- so folks in Eastern time zone may be checking my availability on this shared calendar. And if I keep everything in Central time it would be an hour off for all of them.
If I set my calendar to default as Central time, will it display at Central time in the shared space and force my colleagues in the east to do conversions. I don't want that either.
I need to unravel this knot before my schedule fills up!
1 comment:
If you're using Oracle Calendar (which I assume you are) I'd suggest setting up with Central time. It will ultimately make things easier for you (the most important consideration). Also, if your teammates try to schedule something on your calendar and there is a real-time conflict, it will warn the scheduler. It works in reverse too if you're trying to schedule something. So the safeguard is built in - even if someone's temporarily thrown off by looking directly at your calendar, Oracle will flag a warning when they attempt to schedule over something. You may be out of luck, though, if they try to schedule something before your actual work start time. My day doesn't start till 9AM Eastern, and I counter potential conflicts by blocking out every weekday morning from 8-9AM. I put something polite in my blocked out time like "please check with me before scheduling anything in this time frame."
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