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Not sure how to put this in a work queue for someone, but using the “Pretty” date/time to create in Outlook was generating the wrong meeting times.

 

How I realized this: I’m using Create Event from the Outlook zap in a process.  When I am using GCal as a source (to replicate across calendars), the tool is shifting the meeting 2 hours earlier consistently.  My calendars are set to PST:

and 

… which is what I originally thought would be the problem.

 

But if I look at the creation step, data in vs data out, it’s off.  The original meeting is thus:

… and the action is setting the meeting with:

and 

Which is an incorrect calculation of UTC-->PST.

What I realized was that using the “Pretty Date/Time” as the source (which I believe is the default) was being incorrectly rendered into UTC.  Changing the source to be the UTC date/time corrected this issue.

Hi ​@smackafee 

For us to have more info, post screenshots showing how your Zap steps are outlined and configured in EDIT mode with the field mappings visible.


You mean this?

 


@smackafee 

Check the Time Zone of your Apps. (Gmail/Outlook)

Check the Time Zone of your Zap in the Details. (screenshot)

Check the Time Zone of your Zapier Account: https://zapier.com/app/settings/profile

 

Help: https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/8496215472653-Zap-dates-or-times-are-incorrect

 

 


That certainly would help it translate better.  It’s odd that one direction worked fine and the other didn’t, but I didn’t check the sources for the direction that was operating fine.  Thanks!


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