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 3:00 PM in Geneva is 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Dubai.
Keep meetings inside 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM in Geneva — that maps to 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Dubai. Dubai is 3 hours ahead of Geneva, but the generous 7-hour window means both teams can meet well within their normal day. Finally, Geneva observes daylight saving and Dubai 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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Dubai Asia/Dubai |
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. -