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bergen

Absolutely agree. I consider this to be a bug that needs to be fixed.

If you never travel, you won't run into this but as someone who travels a lot, this is a big negative.

Posted 1 year ago

bpm1950

Please fix this time zone problem! Thanks.

Posted 1 year ago

wsnyder

Agreed. I love Remember The Milk, but this is its biggest problem.

Posted 1 year ago

ghennessy

This is a fatal flaw in an otherwise great product. Please address.

Posted 1 year ago

kerryrosenhagen

I don't notice that the due dates change necessarily, but I do notice that queries such as 'dueBefore:now' don't work correctly when used in a time zone other than the one in which a task was created. For example, I created a recurring task due every Friday when I was in Central Time, and now that I am in Mountain - Arizona, the task does not appear in the result of 'dueBefore:now' on Friday, even though when I search for the task it shows a due date of 'today'. If I -select the task and 're-set' the due date to 'today' (in theory making no change to the task's due date) it then appears in the results of 'dueBefore:now'. I also see this as a bug - any task with a due date but no explicit time should evaluate to 12:00 am in whatever time zone the user happens to be. Otherwise the behavior of queries / SmartLists is not well defined and therefore unreliable. The current behavior makes it hard for me to trust that the result of 'dueBefore:now' is providing me with the list of all tasks that require my attention. And the whole point of RTM is to automate something that humans are not good at - remembering to do stuff. But if I can't trust RTM to provide me that accurate list without thinking about what it may be missing, then the utility of RTM is significantly compromised.

Posted 1 year ago

I agree, better time zone support would be very much appreciated. I travel often and every time I change the time zones on my computer and RTM and phone (I am careful to make sure they are all set to the same) the things that are overdue vs. due today gets messed up. Otherwise RTM is awesome. This is my only major issue.

Posted 1 year ago

pmonjo

Completely agree. If a task is does not have a due time, the date should not depend on the timezone where it was created.

Posted 11 months ago

elizabeth.valenti

I've noticed this in the past, but it was always during international travel so I let it pass. It now happens during domestic travel, which is unacceptable. Please fix this problem. I'm especially disappointed because I recently renewed my pro account. I would not have if I knew this problem was ongoing and I may not do so again.

Posted 11 months ago

elizabeth.valenti

And, does the problem resolve when traveling back to your home time zone?

Posted 11 months ago

msettip

This is a pro application meaning we have users that require on this working properly. I noticed there is not a problem in the new time zone if your laptop browser is open when changes are made on a device. The browser passes the new time information to RTM so it sees all access points in the same time zone. But when the browser is closed RTM uses your default time zone setting which does not match up with your device. RTM needs to do a time zone check on the device and then update the server setting. This might fix the problem we are all seeing.

Posted 10 months ago

lenacorinna

Please fix. I love this app otherwise...

Posted 10 months ago

+1: for me this is somewhat of a dealbreaker. It seems like an easy fix would be a toggle in settings for whether you want to use System timezone or the Settings timezone for converting due dates you enter.

Posted 9 months ago

jimmiedave

Agree - this is awful behavior on the part of RTM. Existing tasks get shifted around, tasks created in the current time zone get shifted around when you return home. A complete mess. I travel in four time zones in the US, and can only rely on RTM in one.

RTM apparently breaks one of my core interaction design principles: Software shouldn't lie to the user. What I mean is that when the user THINKS she's creating a task with no due time, RTM (the software) lies when it says the task has no due time. In reality, it's due at midnight in a particular time zone - which IS an exact due time.

The right way to fix this is to a: ACTUALLY allow tasks without due-times and b: call such tasks due at the end of the specified day in the CURRENT time zone.

This change is probably difficult for RTM to make if they're storing date and time in a single database column (which is a typical way to store such things).

Posted 5 months ago

dogeter

As a new RTM user and a frequent traveler, this bug renders a great app useless. Please fix it ASAP

Posted 4 months ago

Spoke with Andrew about this... I understand the issue and really handicaps the app for anyone that travels between time zones.

Posted 15 weeks ago

brian.mathis

This is really irritating me too. I see different due dates depending on whether I use the Web or iPhone app. App shows things are due today, while web shows things are due tomorrow.

I used to live in the Eastern time zone and recently moved to Central. Most of my items were created in the Eastern time zone. I have updated my time zone to Central on the web preferences, but my phone changed automatically. I also travel back and forth once a month, so I can't just change everything to one zone and forget it.

Posted 5 weeks ago

steevan

Totally agree. Really annoying. Please fix in the next update

Posted 3 weeks ago