Cross-Timezone Meeting Planner

Find a good meeting time across two time zones free online. See a side-by-side hour comparison using real IANA timezone data to spot overlapping working hours.

Location A

Location B

Uses real IANA timezone data, including current DST status.

How to Use This Tool

Pick two locationsThe places you're coordinating between

See the hourly comparisonA full day side by side in both zones

Spot the working-hours overlapHighlighted range as a starting reference

Real Timezone Data, Not Mental Math

Manually tracking the current offset between two regions -- especially accounting for whether each currently observes Daylight Saving Time -- is genuinely error-prone. This tool calculates the real current offset for both zones using the browser's actual IANA timezone database, then lays out a full day hour-by-hour in both locations side by side.

Working Hours Highlighting Is a Starting Reference

The general 9am-6pm highlight gives a visual anchor for typical working hours, but actual reasonable meeting times depend on the specific people involved and their personal schedules -- use the highlighting to orient yourself, not as a rigid rule for every situation.

Why the Comparison Changes With the Date

Since DST status can differ for each zone depending on the time of year, and even depending on whether each location observes DST at all, the actual hour-to-hour mapping between two zones genuinely shifts seasonally -- this tool reflects the current date's real offset, not a fixed year-round assumption.

Frequently Asked Questions

It shows a side-by-side hourly comparison of a full day in both selected time zones, using real IANA timezone offset data including correct DST handling, so you can visually spot which hours fall within reasonable working hours for both locations.

Manually tracking DST status for two different regions, especially when only one observes it or they're in different DST seasons, is genuinely error-prone. This tool calculates the real current offset for each zone using the browser's actual timezone database, avoiding manual calculation mistakes.

The display highlights a general 9am-6pm range as a visual reference for typical working hours, though what's actually reasonable depends on the specific people and their personal schedules -- treat the highlighting as a starting reference, not a strict rule.

This version compares two zones side by side for clarity. For coordinating across three or more locations, you'd need to run multiple two-way comparisons or use a more complex multi-zone tool.

Yes, the comparison uses the actual current date's DST status for each zone, which matters since the offset between two zones can shift depending on whether each one is currently observing DST.