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 3:00 PM in Seattle is 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Caracas.
Your shared working hours run 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM in Seattle (11:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Caracas). With 7 hours in common, treat scheduling almost as if the two cities were in the same region. Just remember Seattle changes its clocks for daylight saving and Caracas 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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Caracas America/Caracas |
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. -