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 Nairobi 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 Nairobi or the first hour for Seattle is usually the least painful option. The window above shifts seasonally: Seattle keeps daylight saving while Nairobi 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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Nairobi Africa/Nairobi |
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. -