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: 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM in Dubai is 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Tokyo.
For a call that suits both sides, look at 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM in Dubai / 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Tokyo. You share roughly 5 hours a day. That's enough for regular meetings, but treat the window as prime time and guard it.
| 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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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. -
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