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. -
There is no standard 8-to-6 overlap. Someone joins early or late.
Given Delhi is 12.5 hours ahead of Seattle, the realistic answer is that there's no convenient shared slot during normal business hours. Catch the edges of the day: the last hour for Delhi or the first hour for Seattle is usually the least painful option. Watch the DST gap — when Seattle changes its clocks and Delhi stays the same, this window slides by an hour.
| 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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Delhi Asia/Kolkata |
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. -