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  <info>
    <desc>Using time zones in the calendar.</desc>

    <link type="guide" xref="index#calendar-advanced" />

    <revision pkgversion="3.1.5" version="0.4" date="2011-07-28" status="final"/>
    <credit type="author">
      <name its:translate="no">Andre Klapper</name>
      <email its:translate="no">ak-47@gmx.net</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="author">
      <name its:translate="no">Novell, Inc</name> <!-- Content partially from http://library.gnome.org/users/evolution/2.32/bshlzlu.html.en -->
    </credit>
    <license>
      <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
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<title>Using time zones</title>

<p>Evolution supports using multiple time zones.</p>

<section id="default-timezone">
<title>Setting your global timezone(s)</title>

<p>By default Evolution uses the system-wide time zone. This can be changed under <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Preferences</gui><gui>Calendar and Tasks</gui><gui>General</gui><gui>Time</gui><gui>Time zone</gui></guiseq>.</p>

<p>If you deal a lot with people in another specific time zone you can display that second time zone in the day view of the calendar. You can set a second time zone under <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Preferences</gui><gui>Calendar and Tasks</gui><gui>General</gui><gui>Time</gui><gui>Second zone</gui></guiseq>.</p>
</section>

<section id="appointment-timezone">
<title>Setting a timezone for an appointment</title>

<p>You can also configure time zone information specific to each appointment. To do that, <link xref="calendar-usage">add a new or edit an existing appointment</link> and click the globe button to customize the time zone that the time exists in. For example, if you live in New York but have a telephone meeting set for noon with someone in California, you need to make sure that your schedules are coordinated. Setting time zones on a per-appointment basis helps avoid that potential confusion.</p>
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