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Re: Show HN: I made a tool to compare time zones

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Post by jalict »

Kwpolska wrote: post #170
jalict wrote: post #162

Would love to see pr. timezone AM/PM and Military time toggle. I personally not figured out how to mentally convert from one to another and usually this is one of my challenges as well. I support the link sharing as well. Perfect for events, meetings and the like. So good, very easy to use and not to much other stuff going on. Great job and super domainname.

There is a 12/24 hour toggle. (It defaults to the wrong one, BTW.)

I meant pr. timezone toggle! The current one is global if I am not mistaken?

So I could have my own local time in military time and the one(s) I am converting to, in AM/PM.

Re: Show HN: I made a tool to compare time zones

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Post by prakhar897 »

The tool is great!!

Unfortunately, almost none in general public will lay eyes upon this.

https://www.google.com/search?q=time+zone+calculator&oq=time...

You can either fill your site with SEO keywords and pay/work for backlinks. OR die out in the vast ocean of other sites. True tragedy of commons.

Re: Show HN: I made a tool to compare time zones

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Post by sails »

kidsil wrote: post #131

I've been using World Time Buddy for years - https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/ It allows for a calendar view and shows multiple cities together. It's excellent for figuring out a time slot for a team when everyone is living in a different timezone.

This is very useful for scheduling, and has a lot of the features being requested.

Re: Show HN: I made a tool to compare time zones

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Post by Bishonen88 »

edotrajan wrote: post #167

I believe I have already seen this UI recently at https://www.timezones.digital --- Interesting info about the domain, it was regiesterd first in 2015, and has alredy been renewed till 2029-09-02 with cloudflare registrar. It's purchase price was also not a premium at just $18

Seems one was used as more than just inspiration for the other for my taste...

Re: Show HN: I made a tool to compare time zones

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Post by airstrike »

edotrajan wrote: post #167

I believe I have already seen this UI recently at https://www.timezones.digital --- Interesting info about the domain, it was regiesterd first in 2015, and has alredy been renewed till 2029-09-02 with cloudflare registrar. It's purchase price was also not a premium at just $18

interestingly, that one misnames Rio de Janeiro as "Vila Rio de Janeiro" which is hilarious, considering the Rio metro area has ~12M people, so a bit bigger than my idea of a village

I'm not a fan of the design, tbh. I see no reason why these need to be cards, which actually forces the sliders to be next to each other (rather than below each other or combined into a single slider)

Re: Show HN: I made a tool to compare time zones

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Post by airstrike »

humbleferret wrote: post #151

This is really useful and feels slick! I've been using https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html to see time zone differences, which seems clunky in comparison.

You should be using https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html which is the exact same thing (arguably slightly better with just one slider and color-coded "good" and "bad" times when the timezones overlap)

See e.g. https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20...

Re: Show HN: I made a tool to compare time zones

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Post by codetrotter »

edotrajan wrote: post #167

I believe I have already seen this UI recently at https://www.timezones.digital --- Interesting info about the domain, it was regiesterd first in 2015, and has alredy been renewed till 2029-09-02 with cloudflare registrar. It's purchase price was also not a premium at just $18

Your link also has an extra feature that the OP does not.

When I open https://www.timezones.digital/ it asks permission to get my current location and then displays the time for my location. And it even got the city name correct. This is great on mobile.

Whereas https://time.fyi/timezones does not currently request access to location and instead uses the location of my IP address. Which in my case is the location of my ISP and not of myself. Using the name of the city my ISP is in, which is halfway across the country from me.

Re: Show HN: I made a tool to compare time zones

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Post by asnyder »

uxcolumbo wrote: post #150
kidsil wrote: post #131

I've been using World Time Buddy for years - https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/ It allows for a calendar view and shows multiple cities together. It's excellent for figuring out a time slot for a team when everyone is living in a different timezone.

I was thinking of this site as well, showing the different time lines and how they offset according to the time difference. Very neat. Just couldn't remember the domain name. The design is a bit dated as it's not optimized for higher res screens, everything is quite small. I guess people can zoom in. How do they make money though? I don't see ads or sign up page for extra features. Running this service since 2011, ha…

There used to be paid options. They sent a notice a couple years ago saying it was going completely free, but with that support has subsided. For example their mobile app is no longer compatible with latest versions of Android.

Re: Show HN: I made a tool to compare time zones

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Post by hackdads »

majke wrote: post #168

I think the date selector is a must. My biggest timezone confusion happens during these two weeks when the US changes the daylight and the EU is not changed yet. So... during the two weeks in a year 9:00am SF time is not 18:00 EU time.

Yes, same for me! Being able to see not just gmt-5 but also standard vs daylight would be excellent!

Re: Show HN: I made a tool to compare time zones

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Post by abecedarius »

codetrotter wrote: post #177
edotrajan wrote: post #167

I believe I have already seen this UI recently at https://www.timezones.digital --- Interesting info about the domain, it was regiesterd first in 2015, and has alredy been renewed till 2029-09-02 with cloudflare registrar. It's purchase price was also not a premium at just $18

Your link also has an extra feature that the OP does not. When I open https://www.timezones.digital/ it asks permission to get my current location and then displays the time for my location. And it even got the city name correct. This is great on mobile. Whereas https://time.fyi/timezones does not currently request access to location and instead uses the location of my IP address. Which in my case is the location of…

Getting a location permissions popup the instant you first load a page is an annoyance, imo. Friendlier to leave that as an option you can choose if it looks worth it.
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