{
  "id": 17809895,
  "title": "Microsoft's Canada timezone troubles leave admins fixing calendars, pretending they're in Bogota",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/microsofts-canada-timezone-troubles-leave-admins-fixing-calendars-17809895",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-02T14:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Register",
    "slug": "the-register",
    "url": "https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/11/02/microsofts-canada-timezone-troubles-leave-admins-fixing-calendars-pretending-theyre-in-bogota/5306934"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Microsoft's recent switch to new time zones in Canada has left administrators scrambling to fix their calendars and schedules. Parts of British Columbia, Alberta, and Manitoba have permanently shifted to UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, and UTC-05:00, respectively, since November 1. However, Microsoft's software hasn't fully adapted to these changes.\n\nOutlook users, in particular, have faced issues with incorrect times and broken schedules. Simply switching the time zone in Outlook won't automatically update existing calendar entries. Organizers must manually adjust meetings, while non-recurring meetings will require additional effort to resolve. Recurring meetings present an extra challenge, as changing the time zone resets previous occurrences, necessitating their recreation.\n\nMicrosoft is developing a solution for Power Automate and Fabric, temporarily involving users pretending to be in different locations like Saskatchewan, Arizona, or even Bogota. SharePoint On-Prem customers must wait until November 10 for the correct time zones, while Power Pages users may encounter server-formatted dates an hour off until a service fix.\n\nAdmins are understandably frustrated, with some reporting lengthy efforts to rectify their systems, including writing extensive PowerShell scripts. Microsoft's guidance was published on October 26, just a week before the change, and administrators are advised to test their calendars and schedules before the November 1 switch, leaving little time for troubleshooting.",
  "summary": "Canadian regions stop turning back the clocks, Microsoft wishes it could",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}