Sunday events appear on Saturday

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Sunday events appear on Saturday

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I created an event for High Council Sunday on the third Sunday of November 2013, and made it a recurring event for the third Sunday of November. When I look at November 2014, the event is shown on Saturday, November 15th. When I edit the event it clearly shows "third Sunday of November".

So why is it displayed on a Saturday?
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Re: Sunday events appear on Saturday

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I tried it, but couldn't duplicate it. Not even with a all-day event. But then I don't deal with daylight savings. That might create a problems for a all-day events.
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Re: Sunday events appear on Saturday

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I should have said I am using the latest version of Chrome on Windows 7.

I was very frustrated while updating the calendar last night. Some recurring events were displayed twice. When I deleted an apparent duplicate, both of them disappeared. It seems like I have to double-check every change I make to the calendar to ensure it got posted correctly.

Recurring events seem to be a huge weakness. Especially problematic is trying to shift a recurring event into the future. I found I have to change the recurring event back to a single event with a new start date, save it, and then change it back to a recurring event. Otherwise, older occurrences don't get removed.

I think I may just give up on recurring events, and post everything as a single event. Single events are processed more quickly, without the spinner of death. Single events are also more flexible.
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drepouille wrote:I think I may just give up on recurring events, and post everything as a single event.
This is what we do when we know there will be adjustments and changes.

And daylight saving time will affect the display of an all-day event in the future because the program now believes the event starts at 11:00 pm Saturday instead of midnight Sunday, so it displays the event on Saturday after DST ends on the first Sunday in November.
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Re: Sunday events appear on Saturday

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So if you are adding a holiday event to the November 2014 calendar, such as Thanksgiving, the workaround solution is to not make it an all-day event? We're shortening Thanksgiving?!! :-)

When you add Christmas to the December calendar for example, there is no issue. It seems that there is an issue specifically tied to November.
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pjp4405 wrote:It seems that there is an issue specifically tied to November.
Yes. Daylight Saving Time ends on the first Sunday in November. Here we go again!
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Re: Sunday events appear on Saturday

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what timezone is this in?
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I am currently in CDT. When I look at the November 2013 calendar, I see one or two "all day" events on the previous day. At least, that is what I saw a couple days ago. I just looked now, and those events appear on Sunday. Weird things are happening.
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drepouille wrote:I am currently in CDT. When I look at the November 2013 calendar, I see one or two "all day" events on the previous day. At least, that is what I saw a couple days ago. I just looked now, and those events appear on Sunday. Weird things are happening.
They just released an update, so it might have been fixed.
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Re: Sunday events appear on Saturday

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Hallelujah! The November calendar bug is fixed!

OOPS! The bug is fixed for November 2013, but it is still broken for November 2014!
Dana Repouille, Plattsmouth, Nebraska
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