Google-calendar – Why does Google Calendar move events in a different (non-DST) timezone 1 hour backward

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I'm currently residing UTC+3: UTC+2 standard time zone, +1 for daylight saving time (DST).

For a trip I'm planning, I'm trying to set a new event in Google Calendar, which takes place in a different timezone, and that different timezone does not have any DST adjustment. However, immediately after I set it it shows the event as being 1 hour earlier.

So I set the event to 13:08 in that other timezone, save, and when I enter the event again it shows it in 12:08, for that same timezone.

If it's an error, how do I solve this? If it isn't, why does it happen and how can I deal with it?

Best Answer

Events can only display on your calendar in one time zone at a time. I'm not certain, but it sounds like you created the event for 13:08 in UTC+4, which Google Calendar was (correctly) showing to you as 12:08 in UTC+3 (your main time zone).

If you want to see events in another time zone (such as once you arrive in the other country), you would need to go to your Calendar Settings (in the gear menu) and change "Your current time zone". Or, instead of changing your current timezone, in the same place in settings you can add additional time zones.