Answers.Body: <p>According to Eileen "the meta fix for CiviCRM for timezone issues is to change the type of appropriate fields to mysql timestamps (which we actually do sometimes) but views calendar should just assume it's getting the data in whatever timezone it is in". </p>
  
  <p>We found this <a href="https://forum.civicrm.org/index.php?topic=35075.0" rel="nofollow">post</a> by SGladstone (thanks Sarah) which gave us a new direction to explore, and Chris has now done a <a href="https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-6877" rel="nofollow">PR</a> for a fix based on that approach.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Titles says it all. There are issues with how CiviCRM handles timezones which means they get displayed on calendars incorrectly. </p>
  
Tags: <civievent><activities><drupal-views><calendar>
Title: Why are Civi Events and Activities in Drupal Views Calendar showing incorrect times
ThreadText: # Why are Civi Events and Activities in Drupal Views Calendar showing incorrect times
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-08-14)
  
  Titles says it all. There are issues with how CiviCRM handles timezones which means they get displayed on calendars incorrectly.
  
  **Tags:** civievent, activities, drupal-views, calendar
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2015-08-14. Score: 2
  
  According to Eileen "the meta fix for CiviCRM for timezone issues is to change the type of appropriate fields to mysql timestamps (which we actually do sometimes) but views calendar should just assume it's getting the data in whatever timezone it is in".
  
  We found this [post](https://forum.civicrm.org/index.php?topic=35075.0) by SGladstone (thanks Sarah) which gave us a new direction to explore, and Chris has now done a [PR](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-6877) for a fix based on that approach.
  
  
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