Time zone management

Abstract

A time zone management system and method for a date-book like application. A user can associate a time zone with an event or appointment, especially on a palmtop computer. The event can be associated with the time zone by selecting the time zone as an attribute from a details menu, or other suitable user interface mechanism or other mechanism. The user can select a display time zone, and all events to be displayed are translated to the display time zone to be displayed on the palmtop computer.

1 . A method of management of time zone information in a calendar application, comprising: 
 storing an event associated with a block of time;    storing a time zone attribute associated with the event;    establishing a display time zone for display of events;    translating the block of time associated with the event from the stored time    zone to the display time zone; and    displaying the event as occurring at the translated block of time.