Best Meeting Times Between US and Japan Teams (2026)
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. -
Best overlap: 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Johannesburg is 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM in New York.
2:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Johannesburg is when New York is also working, at 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM their time. You get roughly 4 hours of shared time, so aim for the middle of that window to keep the call comfortable for both teams. Just remember New York changes its clocks for daylight saving and Johannesburg doesn't, so confirm the overlap whenever the seasons turn.
| 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 |
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. -
Slack converts timestamps automatically and shows everyone's local time, but it can't fix a bare '3 PM' typed into a channel. The settings worth changing and the habits that do the rest. -