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Re: When To Chat: Reconcile Time Zone Differences

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Post by akuji1993 » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 10:44 AM UTC

oefrha wrote: post #2

I tried some major cities around the world and it’s hit or miss. E.g. Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul and Sidney are all missing. Edit: Okay, the locations are fetched from Google Map’s auto complete service, with only the top five results, so when I enter say Beijing I get unhelpful results like some Beijing Pie House in Alhambra, CA. Probably want to limit to cities if possible, no one is entering local street/establishme…

Weird.. It even found my hometown, which is a random town of 15k people in Germany.

Re: When To Chat: Reconcile Time Zone Differences

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Post by ciroduran » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 10:48 AM UTC

Great tool. May I suggest putting the date when you'd like to chat? Considering that in Europe the clock change comes next Sunday 29th, this could confuse some people if they'd like to chat sometime in a few days.

Re: When To Chat: Reconcile Time Zone Differences

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Post by blauditore » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 10:51 AM UTC

For those using Google Calendar, there's a feature for showing people's working hours: https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/7638168?hl=en

Re: When To Chat: Reconcile Time Zone Differences

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Post by oefrha » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 10:58 AM UTC

akuji1993 wrote: post #11

oefrha wrote: post #2

I tried some major cities around the world and it’s hit or miss. E.g. Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul and Sidney are all missing. Edit: Okay, the locations are fetched from Google Map’s auto complete service, with only the top five results, so when I enter say Beijing I get unhelpful results like some Beijing Pie House in Alhambra, CA. Probably want to limit to cities if possible, no one is entering local street/establishme…

Weird.. It even found my hometown, which is a random town of 15k people in Germany.

That’s because it’s much less likely to have restaurants named after a random town than Beijing or Seoul.

Re: When To Chat: Reconcile Time Zone Differences

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Post by tezza » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 10:59 AM UTC

This very simple tool helps:

https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html

It rocks with Daylight Saving time transitions too (UK one coming up soon)

Re: When To Chat: Reconcile Time Zone Differences

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Post by mitul_45 » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 11:00 AM UTC

Wow, I had exactly this idea when I moved to the Netherlands!

My friends and distant family members would call at weird times without checking if it's early morning or night here.

Re: When To Chat: Reconcile Time Zone Differences

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Post by cerberusss » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 11:13 AM UTC

service_bus wrote: post #5

Also worth noting is that in windows 10 you can add two additional clocks to the main one. Very helpful when you are usually focused on just a few timezones in particular.

Indeed, macOS supports something similar. The notification center has a World Clock widget. I've got friends in Illinois, India and Australia, and it's incredibly useful to have a couple of clocks right there.

Re: When To Chat: Reconcile Time Zone Differences

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Post by aikinai » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 11:14 AM UTC

kareemm wrote: post #10

I’ve used https://worldtimebuddy.com for this purpose for years.

Yes! This is the best interface for checking time zones and I've always wondered why it's not more common.

Re: When To Chat: Reconcile Time Zone Differences

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Post by diggan » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 11:16 AM UTC

kareemm wrote: post #10

I’ve used https://worldtimebuddy.com for this purpose for years.

Same here, more features and less waste of space than this submission. Even though this submission has more modern design I'd still prefer worldtimebuddy, especially because you can have more people than just two.

Re: When To Chat: Reconcile Time Zone Differences

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Post by michaelmior » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 11:22 AM UTC

Doesn't seem to work at all for me. Seeing the error below in the console

> You have exceeded your rate-limit for this API. For more information on usage limits and the Google Maps JavaScript API services please see: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/...