Guides and explainers

Make time across time zones.

Practical guides to working hours, calendar exports, and the weeks when the clocks change.

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Daylight saving

Why a weekly meeting moves after DST

A meeting can stay at 09:00 in New York and still move in London. Follow the dates and choose the city that controls the recurring time.

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New York stays 09:00

Oct 27 · London13:00GMT (UTC+00:00)
Nov 3 · London14:00GMT (UTC+00:00)

Daylight saving

US–UK daylight saving mismatch weeks in 2027

London is usually five hours ahead of New York. During two clock-change gaps in 2027, the difference is four hours. Check the dates before reusing a meeting time.

Meeting planning

Choosing a fair time across three cities

Compare the whole meeting with each participant’s working hours, then make the trade-offs visible before deciding on a time.

Daylight saving

Why a time difference changes during the year

A difference is a result for a date. Learn how two cities’ independent rules can change their gap, even when one city keeps the same offset.

Time basics

Reading UTC offsets

Read signs and minutes correctly, convert a concrete example, and understand why a UTC offset is different from a named time zone.

Time basics

Understanding half-hour time zones

Keep the minutes in UTC+05:30 and see how a half-hour offset affects a meeting’s start, end, and available window.

Meeting planning

Planning a meeting across midnight

Keep local dates and weekdays beside the time so that tomorrow’s morning for one city does not become the wrong day in an invitation.

Daylight saving

When a local time occurs twice

Learn how an autumn clock change can produce two different instants with the same local label, and choose the intended occurrence explicitly.

Daylight saving

When a local time does not exist

A forward clock change can skip a local time. See how to recognize that gap and choose a deliberate replacement or skipped occurrence.

Privacy

Sharing a meeting without sharing notes

Share the scheduling configuration needed for a conversation while keeping private titles and notes out of the link.

Calendars

Checking calendar imports

Verify the event count, duration, display zone, and dates around a clock change before relying on a newly imported calendar file.

Meeting planning

Working with overnight availability

Treat a late shift as one interval that crosses midnight, including its morning tail and the correct weekday ownership.

Time basics

Using a device clock responsibly

Understand what a device-clock shortcut can tell you, when to enter a date manually, and why a static example is never a live time signal.

About these guides

Understand the date before choosing the hour

A useful time comparison starts with the local date and the city whose clock you mean. These guides explain the common surprises: a weekly meeting that moves for one participant, a local time that repeats, or an evening call that lands on tomorrow’s date.

Turn the explanation into a plan

The examples use concrete dates and the bundled IANA 2026f rules. Working-hour examples are clearly marked assumptions. Open the corresponding tool to replace them with your team’s cities, availability, and meeting length.

Keep the handoff clear

The calendar and sharing guides explain what each export contains and what it does not do. Review the meeting with the people involved before sending a calendar invitation from your own calendar application.