Add to Calendar tokens; time zones and daylight time and Arizona, oh my!

[Tyson_Jurgens]

Here's a stumper:

1. I'm building a Calendar Invite token for a tradeshow happy hour event on April 5th 2016. The event is at 6:30pm local time.
2. Our office/Marketo instance is in Kansas City (Central Time) and the event is in Phoenix (Mountain Time)
3. Arizona does not observe Daylight Time
4. Right now, AZ is 1 hour behind MO, but on April 5th it will be 2 hours behind.
5. Invitations are going out next week and I would like the calendar invitation to be correct from the get-go and not have to revisit it on March 13 when daylight time kicks in.

My question: Do I create today the calendar invitation for 2 hours ahead of the event or for 1 hour ahead? I'm only wondering because the token builder specifically says "CST" and I'm not confident that it will automatically change to "CDT" in March.

Thanks in advance!

[Anonymous]

Hi Tyson,

I've wondered about this token myself recently, so I have done a few tests. In my case, I was looking to see if the token would automatically evolve for Daylight Time in the UK while sent from France (one hour ahead). In order to find this out, I tried setting my computer and my Marketo instance to UK time and prepare a token for May, and then changing the date on my computer.

In Microsoft Outlook at least, the token adapts; if you've set it up for 10:00 a.m, it will still be 10:00 a.m even if your whole computer goes into Daylight Time (which makes sense, it wouldbe the same thing if you booked a flight 6 months in advance for example).

If you want to be absolutely sure, I can only advise do to do the same kind of testing: set up your computer to AZ time, change your date and see how it goes. (You'll be able to see if you're not in Kansas anymore)

Hope this helps,

Cheers,

Juliette

[Tyson_Jurgens]

That's a wonderful idea Juliette! Thanks for the advice

[Anonymous]

Glad I could help!