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 11:00 AM in Melbourne is 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Seattle.
Keep meetings inside 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM in Melbourne — that maps to 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Seattle. Seattle is 17 hours behind Melbourne, leaving about 3 hours of daily overlap — enough for most meetings if you don't leave them too late in the day. Be careful with invites: Seattle is on the previous day, so a Monday meeting for Melbourne may land on a different day there.
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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. -