OL97: Appointments Import Incorrectly with Foreign Settings

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Steps to Reproduce Behavior

The following steps demonstrate the above problem with incorrectly imported appointment times:

Exporting the Appointment

1. Set your Windows Regional Setting to French (Standard).
2. Start Outlook.
3. Insert an appointment in today's date with a starting time of 10:00 A.M. and ending time of 12:00 P.M.
4. On the File menu, click Import and Export to open the Import and Export wizard.
5. In the "Choose an action to perform" list, click to select "Export to a file" and then click Next.
6. In the "Select folder to export from" folder list, click to select your Calendar folder and click Next.
7. In the "Create a file of type" list, click "Tab Separated Values (Windows)" and click Next.
8. In the "Save exported file as" box, type

   c:\test.txt and click Next.

9. Make sure that "Export 'Appointments' from the 'Calendar' folder" is selected and click Finish.
10. If the Set Date Range box appears, make sure the start and end dates are before and after today's date, and then click OK.

After the export completes, you can open C:\Text.txt with Notepad and confirm that the appointment exported correctly with an ending time of 12:00 P.M.

Importing the Appointment

1. Start Outlook.
2. On the File menu, click Import and Export to open the Import and Export wizard.
3. In the "Choose an action to perform" list, click to select "Import from Schedule+ or another program or file" and then click Next.
4. In the "Select file type to import from" list, click to select "Tab Separated Values (Windows)" and then click Next.
5. In the File to import box, type

   C:\Test.txt

   under Options, click "Do not import duplicate items" and click Next.
6. In the "Select destination folder" folder list, click to select your Calendar folder and click Next.
7. Make sure that "Import 'test.txt' into the 'Calendar' folder" is selected and click Finish.

The appointment imports with a start and end time of 00:00 a.m.