Stop Doing Math Before Meetings: The Ultimate Guide to Managing Global Time Zones
Mental gymnastics to figure out what time it is in Tokyo? You're doing it wrong. Here's why your team needs a visual time zone board, not a calculator. -
Best overlap: 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Buenos Aires is 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM in Wellington.
Buenos Aires and Wellington overlap from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM (Buenos Aires) to the equivalent 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM in Wellington — that's your meeting window. Wellington is 15 hours ahead of Buenos Aires, giving you a slim 1 hour to work with. Punctuality matters; start right at 5:00 PM in Buenos Aires (8:00 AM in Wellington). Worth a glance at the calendar — Wellington is on the next day, so align on the date as well as the time. The difference isn't constant year-round: Wellington adjusts for daylight saving while Buenos Aires holds steady.
| Local time | 12am | 1am | 2am | 3am | 4am | 5am | 6am | 7am | 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm | 10pm | 11pm |
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Buenos Aires America/Argentina/Buenos Aires | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wellington Pacific/Auckland |
Mental gymnastics to figure out what time it is in Tokyo? You're doing it wrong. Here's why your team needs a visual time zone board, not a calculator. -