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: 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Seattle is 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM in Honolulu.
11:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Seattle is when Honolulu is also working, at 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM their time. Even with Honolulu behind by 3 hours, your workdays overlap by a comfortable 7 hours — plenty of flexibility for both sides. The window above shifts seasonally: Seattle keeps daylight saving while Honolulu ignores it.
| 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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Honolulu Pacific/Honolulu |
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. -