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: 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Dubai is 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM in New York.
For the smoothest call, aim inside 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Dubai, i.e. 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM in New York. Overlap is at a premium — roughly 2 hours — so claim 4:00 PM in Dubai (8:00 AM in New York) for recurring calls and keep them on time. Note that New York follows daylight saving while Dubai stays put, so the times above drift by an hour seasonally.
| 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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New York America/New York |
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. -
8 AM Tokyo is 4 PM in Los Angeles the day before. West Coast afternoon windows, the East Coast dead zone, and why the Philippines slot is an hour off. -
London to New York is five hours apart, except for the five weeks a year when it isn't. Exact overlap windows for every US zone, the 2026 DST mismatch dates, and where to put the recurring sync. -