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. -
Mumbai is 12.5 hours ahead of Seattle, which is far enough that a normal 9-to-5 in one city never reaches the other's working hours. One practical option: Seattle dials in early while it's still late afternoon or evening in Mumbai. Because Seattle and Mumbai don't both observe daylight saving, plan to re-check the overlap around March and November. To edit hours, add more timezones, and share with your team, create a free collaborative board.
| UTC (GMT+0) | 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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| Seattle America/Los Angeles | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm | 10pm | Previous Day 11pm | 12am | 1am | 2am | 3am | 4am | 5am | 6am | 7am | 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | |
| Mumbai Asia/Kolkata | 5:30am | 6:30am | 7:30am | 8:30am | 9:30am | 10:30am | 11:30am | 12:30pm | 1:30pm | 2:30pm | 3:30pm | 4:30pm | 5:30pm | 6:30pm | 7:30pm | 8:30pm | 9:30pm | 10:30pm | 11:30pm | Next Day 12:30am | 1:30am | 2:30am | 3:30am | 4:30am |
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. -
Swatch once tried to kill time zones with .beats. But could UTC be the serious replacement the world actually needs? -