How do I set my time zone in outlook.com?

Anonymous
2013-04-10T00:52:43+00:00

I used Hotmail for years, and still have Windows Live Mail on my laptop.  Tonight I logged into outlook.com with my hotmail account and saw that the time is out by one hour.  Saskatchewan does not have daylight savings time.  How do I correct the time in outlook.com?  

Note: I am running Windows 7 and my Windows clock at the bottom right of the task bar is correct.

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Anonymous
2013-04-11T02:02:09+00:00

Hi,

I am happy to help you with your concern. I understand that you want to change the Timezone of your account.

Usually, the time zone is automatically set after you have created your account and added your country detail. For some isolated cases you will need to change it manually to correct the time and date on the received emails.

  1. Go to this link: https://account.live.com
  2. Under "Overview", click Edit personal info.
  3. Under "Personal info", click the down arrow under the "Time zone" and then choose your preferred time zone.

If you have further clarifications, feel free to post back anytime.

Thanks!

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2014-07-24T13:43:02+00:00

I used Hotmail for years, and still have Windows Live Mail on my laptop.  Tonight I logged into outlook.com with my hotmail account and saw that the time is out by one hour.  Saskatchewan does not have daylight savings time.  How do I correct the time in outlook.com?  

Note: I am running Windows 7 and my Windows clock at the bottom right of the task bar is correct.

Hello Everyone,

I want to let you know this issue has been recognized by the Outlook.com team. I have been informed they will attempt to resolve the issue in the next update to Outlook.com. I am unable to provide an exact date but I have been assured it is being worked on.

I appreciate everyone sending this up to us!

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-05-07T01:32:30+00:00

    All calendar invites come to me in UTC.  Example - someone sent me a calendar invite for 4PM Mountain Standard Time (MST) and it show up in my live.com calendar and mail as 11PM UTC.  My time zone is set to MST in under my account.live personal info.  Can anyone help me get my default time zone to MST?  Thanks!

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-06-06T13:06:57+00:00

    I ran into a similar situation to others on this thread, following outlook.com's most recent revision (which took place sometime yesterday).

    The time stamps for my E-mails had never been a problem. However, when I opened my E-mail yesterday, all of my E-mails were now time-stamped for three hours earlier. (I live in the Eastern Time Zone; my E-mail was now set to show Pacific.)

    Worse, with the new update, none of the instructions commonly available for outlook.com did me any good. Going to the wheel (Settings)>Options>General tab did me no good, as there were no options to access in the General tab.

    I attempted to contact Microsoft to resolve the problem, using the various resources at their web site. Regrettably, nothing I tried worked. I couldn't use the chat feature assigned to outlook.com, as I continued to receive a message indicating the link I was trying to access was not secure. I did connect with a chat customer service rep in a different area, and she gave me their toll-free number.

    However, calling there didn't help me, either: I was advised that they would look into the issue and call me back. (I never did hear back.)

    Upon doing a bit more research online- dumb luck, to be honest- I discovered how one is now supposed to change their time zone, as least for outlook.com (though it looks like it should work in the calendar application as well)

    I was able to change my time in outlook.com as follows:

    1. Click on the wheel (Mail Settings).
    2. In the drop-down menu, select "Manage apps".
    3. Under "Options", you should have a list of categories. (I have "Shortcuts", followed by "General" and a few others.) Under the "General" tab, select "Region and time zone".
    4. In the main panel, you should now be able to select the correct time zone using the drop-down menu.

    This menu seems to offer a number of different options for time zones- including Arizona and Saskatchewan.

    I hope this helps someone..

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-07-09T07:19:12+00:00

    it works!!!~..thanks a lot.. ^__^

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