Could UTC Replace Time Zones?
Swatch once tried to kill time zones with .beats. But could UTC be the serious replacement the world actually needs? -
Best overlap: 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM in London is 12:30 PM to 6:30 PM in Mumbai.
For a call that suits both sides, look at 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM in London / 12:30 PM to 6:30 PM in Mumbai. Mumbai is 4.5 hours ahead of London, but you still share a generous 6 hours of overlap, so scheduling is easy and there's room to move a meeting when you need to. These times hold for most of the year, but London's daylight saving (which Mumbai doesn't use) shifts them by an hour twice annually.
| 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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Swatch once tried to kill time zones with .beats. But could UTC be the serious replacement the world actually needs? -
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