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 Istanbul is 10 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 Istanbul or the first hour for Seattle is usually the least painful option. Heads up: because Seattle changes its clocks and Istanbul doesn't, the difference moves by an hour twice a year. Confirm the overlap around the DST switch.
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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. -