Best overlap: 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM in New York is 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Edinburgh.
New York and Edinburgh overlap from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM (New York) to the equivalent 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Edinburgh — that's your meeting window. Roughly 5 hours of shared hours means scheduling takes a little care — 8:00 AM in New York / 1:00 PM in Edinburgh is a safe default.
| 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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Edinburgh Europe/London |
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. -
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. -
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. -