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 2:00 PM in Seattle is 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Buenos Aires.
For the smoothest call, aim inside 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM in Seattle, i.e. 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Buenos Aires. That's a roomy 6 hours of common time each day, so finding a slot that suits everyone is rarely a problem. Don't be caught out by clock changes — Seattle observes daylight saving and Buenos Aires doesn't, so the offset varies by an hour through the year.
| 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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Buenos Aires America/Argentina/Buenos Aires |
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. -