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title: "How to schedule an online meeting between totally different time zones"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/1/30/how-to-schedule-an-online-meeting-between-totally-different.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/1/30/how-to-schedule-an-online-meeting-between-totally-different.html"
published: "2005-01-30T13:18:00"
updated: "2005-01-30T13:18:00"
tags: ["Cool sites"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "So what do you do when you want to setup an online meeting with a person on another part of the world? Scheduling sucks. I just found this little gem: It's the online meeting planner . It lets you enter 2 or more places…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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# How to schedule an online meeting between totally different time zones

By Roy Osherove January 30, 2005 In [Cool sites](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-sites)

**Historical article** · Originally published January 30, 2005; technical details may be outdated.

So what do you do when you want to setup an online meeting with a person on another part of the world? Scheduling sucks. I just found this little gem: [It's the online meeting planner](http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html). It lets you enter 2 or more places around the world where the meeting is to take place, and set the required meeting date. I put in Los Angeles and Tel Aviv. You then get this (partial paste).

<table><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2005&amp;month=2&amp;day=3&amp;hour=14&amp;min=0&amp;sec=0">Thursday, February 3, 2005 at 14:00:00</a></td><td>Thu 6:00 AM</td><td>Thu 4:00 PM</td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2005&amp;month=2&amp;day=3&amp;hour=15&amp;min=0&amp;sec=0">Thursday, February 3, 2005 at 15:00:00</a></td><td>Thu 7:00 AM</td><td>Thu 5:00 PM</td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2005&amp;month=2&amp;day=3&amp;hour=16&amp;min=0&amp;sec=0">Thursday, February 3, 2005 at 16:00:00</a></td><td>Thu 8:00 AM</td><td>Thu 6:00 PM</td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2005&amp;month=2&amp;day=3&amp;hour=17&amp;min=0&amp;sec=0">Thursday, February 3, 2005 at 17:00:00</a></td><td>Thu 9:00 AM</td><td>Thu 7:00 PM</td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2005&amp;month=2&amp;day=3&amp;hour=18&amp;min=0&amp;sec=0">Thursday, February 3, 2005 at 18:00:00</a></td><td>Thu 10:00 AM</td><td>Thu 8:00 PM</td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2005&amp;month=2&amp;day=3&amp;hour=19&amp;min=0&amp;sec=0">Thursday, February 3, 2005 at 19:00:00</a></td><td>Thu 11:00 AM</td><td>Thu 9:00 PM</td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2005&amp;month=2&amp;day=3&amp;hour=20&amp;min=0&amp;sec=0">Thursday, February 3, 2005 at 20:00:00</a></td><td>Thu Noon</td><td>Thu 10:00 PM</td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2005&amp;month=2&amp;day=3&amp;hour=21&amp;min=0&amp;sec=0">Thursday, February 3, 2005 at 21:00:00</a></td><td>Thu 1:00 PM</td><td>Thu 11:00 PM</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><tbody><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td>This color represents the night time or normal sleeping hours</td></tr><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td>This color represents the first half of day when most people are at work</td></tr><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td>This color represents the second half of day when people are awake but not necessarily at work</td></tr></tbody></table>

Obviously from this table I can deduct that the best time for both parties would be around 8 AM LA time(if I were a regular working man). However, since I'm self employed, this could easily move into the 9-10 AM time slot where I can sit back and relax with a nice cup of coffee in front of my machine having my important chat.

Ain't that cool?

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