Guides for meetings across time zones
Practical, no-nonsense guides for anyone who coordinates calls between the United States, Latin America, Europe and Asia. Each guide is written from real experience running teams across countries, and is updated when time zone rules change.
- How to schedule a meeting across time zones (step by step)
The five-step method to choose a time that works for every city, and how to avoid the classic mistakes.
- Daylight saving time 2026–2027: dates and how they affect your meetings
Clock-change dates by region for 2026–2027 and the weeks when usual time differences shift by one hour.
- The best time for meetings between the US and Europe
Where US and European working hours overlap, with ready-made slots for each US time zone.
- Time differences between the US and Latin America (and why they change)
Winter and summer time differences between US cities and Latin American capitals, explained simply.
- The best time for meetings between the US and Asia
Workable slots for calls between the US and Tokyo, Shanghai, Singapore, Mumbai and Dubai.
- How to write an international meeting invitation people read correctly
What every cross-border invitation needs, with copy-ready templates.
- How to run fair recurring meetings for global teams
How to rotate inconvenient time slots and keep distributed teams engaged.
- Time zone abbreviations explained (EST, EDT, CET, UTC, GMT and more)
What EST, EDT, CET, CEST, GMT, UTC and IST really mean, and which ones to avoid.
- Time zone settings in Google Calendar and Outlook: a practical guide
The calendar settings that prevent wrong-hour meetings when you work across countries.
- Leading teams across time zones: lessons from 30 years of international operations
Leadership habits that keep distributed teams aligned, from decades of running operations in several countries.