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Tips for dealing with different timezones?

Every time I plan on an event in a different timezone I'm confused how to put it in my calendar.

#linux #thunderbird #gnome
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Sam Whited
I *really* miss Fastmail for this. As far as I can see, Thunderbird doesn't provide *any* sort of support for time zones except correctly showing events in whichever one you have set. I decided to switch to a provider with no (good) webmail and went to Thunderbird full time, and as much as it's gotten better, the calendar is the thing that really hasn't worked for me and that's made me consider going back. If you find a good solution, I'd love to know.
Doug Webb
so I found out that in the event panel, you can toggle "options -> show timezones" However the picker is quite nasty :/

Sam Whited
Somehow I have never seen that there and I can't imagine why there would be a whole option just to show or hide two extra tiny UI elements. Also why I can't just click on this map… I tried to click the map like 5 times and assumed it was just being buggy before I realized that it's not actually supposed to work that way. Thanks for pointing this out though!
Doug Webb
yeah... I'm trying to figure out how to read/report bugs and it's exciting 🙃 Mozilla use mercurial for code, bugzilla for bugs and mail/matrix for chat... I'm in the #calendar:mozilla.org room now asking for help because too overwhelmed.
#calendar
Doug Webb
feels quite important to improve this bit!

-> remove optional showing, or at least have it on by default

-> have start and end time in the same time zone (I mean, do people ever want those in different time zones? 😖 )

-> have UTC timezones right at the top of the drop down

.... etc
Doug Webb
@pintoch

found this issue about improving the thunderbird calendar timezones picker. 13 years old, but active again since last year

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=647632

big changes coming apparently: "dialogs and cramped pieces of UI will be nuked after 115" 👀

647632 - Improve Time Zone selection by using user-friendly zone names

NEW (nobody) in Calendar - General. Last updated 2024-03-18.
bugzilla.mozilla.org
@Antonin Delpeuch
Doug Webb
...and thunderbird beta is already at version 124. Very tempted to install...
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Doug Webb
hmm, installed beta as a snap... no obvious differences :(
Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
Thanks for signing up for bugzilla and finding the bug! Following it is the best way to stay up to date on our progress - Calendar will be getting some needed love over the coming year, so thanks for being patient!

~Monica
Doug Webb
thanks for getting back Monica 😃 cool to know the thunderbird is not just broadcast.

Big appreciation for all the work you and team are doing.
Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
Of course! We love putting our team's personality through here, and it's good to know the community appreciates it too.

And thanks for the thanks! It means more than you know. 😊 💙
Okki
Calendars seem to be @nekohayo great passion, and he'll no doubt be able to help you (or implement what's missing for the next cycle) 😛
@nekohayo
Doug Webb
how serious are you about this?!
Doug Webb
haha, go you for trying.

I like the idea of some universal digital time, but I can't imagine it for IRL

Practically, UTC seems the best option for digital time - no?
Fingel
I’m using the same “email stack”. I just make events in my local time. Invites I send to others get translated to their local time on their end. Most calendars are time zone aware so things just work. They wouldn’t be doing very good jobs as calendars if they didn’t understand time zones. Are you sure you aren’t imagining a problem where there isn’t one?
Doug Webb
my case was: someone suggested a meeting at 9am Eastern time and I wanted to put it into Thunderbird. How would you deal with an analagous case?

I don't know the timezones off by heart, and don't want to learn them!
Doug Webb
curious to know if you still think I was imaging the problem 🙃
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