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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.

@JohnSaunders Does he? `14h 30m 00s`? – Marijn Jul 10 '12 at 07:38 — Marijn, Jul 10 '12 at 07:38

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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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.

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answered Jul 10 '12 at 07:36

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thanks ill try the resources and see if any works for me and get back to you. – Waqleh Jul 11 '12 at 13:24
I used ToUniversalTime() function to convert the time to UTC and that did the trick. thanks. – Waqleh Jul 11 '12 at 14:10
That's great. Consider accepting this answer so everybody knows your question was solved. – Marijn Jul 11 '12 at 15:01

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