Re: How do I set up a 2nd tme zone in Datebk 6.1a, s2?

--- In [email protected], John Tserkezis <jt@...> wrote:
>
> Lisa Hetherington wrote:
> 
> > I have a friend in Australia.  I would like to enter some of her 
> > apppointments and have them show up in my calendar at the proper time
> > (she is  +14 or +15 hours.) for example,  I would like to enter her
> > Tues 9 am appt and have it show up at Mon 7 pm the previous day on my
> > calendar.
> > 
> > Nothing happens when I tap menu-Z on my menu.
> 
>  In the MENU > Preferences > TimeZones,
> 
> Set the Current and Create TimeZones to "Home Time Zone".
> Set the "Home Zone" to YOUR local zone.
> 
>  Ensure the "Add 2nd column for local time" tickbox is ticked.
>  Tick "Adjust Alarms" if you want alarms to go off at the new time.
> 
>  Now go back to the DateBk entries that need to be adjusted, and, tap
> [Details], and as well as setting the date and time to THEIR correct
> timezone, at the top right hand corner, tap the zone button and set her
> correct timezone.
> 
> 
> 
>  Now, you should have TWO time settings for her entry.  The first is
> YOUR local timezone, the second is HER actual time.  This reduces the
> horizontal amount of space, but text will wrap, and it instantly tells
> you when they are so you don't have to do any math to work out if it's
> in the middle of the night.
> 
>  If you don't care about this, untick the "Add 2nd column for local
> time" box and only the *corrected* time (how it appears in YOUR
> timezone) will appear.
> 
> 
> 
>  As a side-note, ensure you have the correct australian timezone
> settings, this should have been corrected with the later versions of
> Pimilical, but I've checked with DateBk, and it still refers to the
> *old* australian daylight savings setup.
> 
> 
> 
> WORLD TIMEZONES
> .G 1110 1104 Australia (NSW, VIC, SA, TAS, ACT)
> +08:00  WA
> +09:30G NT, SA, Broken Hill
> +10:00  Qld
> +10:00G NSW (except Broken Hill), Vic, Tas, ACT
> 
> Incorporate this into YOUR Palm timezone file (in the Memo area, under
> the Datebook category, there is an entry called "WORLD TIMEZONES".
> 
> Look for the existing .G line (line 2), and replace any existing lines
> with new .G DST line above.  Remove any existing Australian zone lines,
> and replace with the ones above.
>  Note that the town of Broken Hill is physically located within the NSW
> borders, but is classed as in a different timezone.
>  Other than that, place your friend in whichever state she lives.
> 
>  The above timezone/DST rules are correct as of a few years ago, but you
> could be forgiven to think differently.  Daylight Savings here at one
> stage changed three times in as many years, and there has been a great
> push to introduce DST into Western Australia.  They tried that three
> times so far, with different date rules to the rest of the country as a
> test.  And failed each time.  (the government likes it, the people
> evidently don't).
> 
>  But you never know, so hang on to your hats, it might change again...
>

Thanks muchly John.  Where exactly should I find my world timezones file?  I can only find my Pimlical world timezones file.

Should the Pimlical and Palm world timezones files be identtical?

...Lisa



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