Hey FT!

Not sure if anybody of you have this problem but as you know iCal (and pretty much any other calendar program) is hell to work with especially if you travel frequently outside of your local area. I have scoured the Apple discussion forums including various websites that discuss the problem.

The websites often presented with such non-pragmatic or complicated solutions that are not useful for daily use. However the Apple forums indicate that if you have Time Zone Support (TZS) enabled (set to your local time zone) and use the "Floater" feature when setting up appointments (set to match the destination time zone) then iCal along with the notifications/alerts will work flawlessly. As you return from your trip your phone will sync to your local time and your local appointments will continue as planned without any further hassle.

(For those that are not familiar with TZS, it basically does not sync your calendar items with your clock despite traversing across multiple time zones. If it is disabled then your calendar will sync with the time zone you are in.)

I have yet to test this in the field however since the FT appears to have frequent flyers (and since Apple products are somewhat ubiquitous) I am wondering if they have tried the aforementioned solution or if they have come up with their own solution?