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: 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Copenhagen is 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM in Buenos Aires.
Keep meetings inside 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Copenhagen — that maps to 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM in Buenos Aires. Despite the 4-hour difference, a 6-hour overlap keeps things simple and gives both teams breathing room. Finally, Copenhagen observes daylight saving and Buenos Aires doesn't, so this window shifts by an hour for part of the year — recheck it each spring and autumn.
| 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 |
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. -