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I work in the UK for a company based out of Denver. I know that I need to subtract 7 hours from my time to figure out the local time there, and they need to do

I work in the UK for a company based out of Denver. I know that I need to subtract 7 hours from my time to figure out the local time there, and they need to do it in reverse. But with this H time I would have to subtract 7 letters from my time to understand what the relative local time in Denver is. Sure it's P:30 for both of us, but I don't know what P minus seven is to know if that's when noon is and they may or may not be at lunch.

globular-toast 5y ago
That could be solved with software that displayed the local time for each participant you add to an event. But then I guess I don't see the point of this any more.
- hhebbo 5y ago
  True, but not for all events. For example, webinars or global events like SpaceX's launch or the Olympics games. If a game starts at 2pm Tokyo time, I have no direct clue what that could be in my local time. If the game starts at N:00, then I know in my mind what that is.
bellyfullofbac 5y ago
I guess the idea is you'd have to know "Our Denver office hours are between H and W, and they have lunch at hour P.", so you don't schedule meetings at P:00. But well, I don't think it really works. Add another timezone to the mix and you're going to get a jumble of letters you won't remember, you'll have to write it down, and at that point you might as well use a diagram like this: https://everytimezone.com https://everytimezone.com (which I think can also be made analog, just add a few lines for "Lunchtime in London", "Lunchtime in Denver", etc.
hhebbo 5y ago
Yes, I'm hearing this more now about the letters. It obviously seems that the letters make it harder to comprehend which I understand. Do you think replacing letters with numbers would help? Then you'd see both local and global (UTC) times in numbers, that would probably make it easier to use.
joshspankit 5y ago
I suspect the only solid way to do this is to have the ntime clock visible to all office employees. “Oh, it’s O:56, I better prep for the meeting at P:30”
- hhebbo 5y ago
  That'd work

globular-toast 5y ago

That could be solved with software that displayed the local time for each participant you add to an event. But then I guess I don't see the point of this any more.

hhebbo 5y ago
True, but not for all events. For example, webinars or global events like SpaceX's launch or the Olympics games. If a game starts at 2pm Tokyo time, I have no direct clue what that could be in my local time. If the game starts at N:00, then I know in my mind what that is.

bellyfullofbac 5y ago

I guess the idea is you'd have to know "Our Denver office hours are between H and W, and they have lunch at hour P.", so you don't schedule meetings at P:00. But well, I don't think it really works. Add another timezone to the mix and you're going to get a jumble of letters you won't remember, you'll have to write it down, and at that point you might as well use a diagram like this: https://everytimezone.com https://everytimezone.com (which I think can also be made analog, just add a few lines for "Lunchtime in London", "Lunchtime in Denver", etc.

hhebbo 5y ago

Yes, I'm hearing this more now about the letters. It obviously seems that the letters make it harder to comprehend which I understand. Do you think replacing letters with numbers would help? Then you'd see both local and global (UTC) times in numbers, that would probably make it easier to use.

joshspankit 5y ago

I suspect the only solid way to do this is to have the ntime clock visible to all office employees. “Oh, it’s O:56, I better prep for the meeting at P:30”

hhebbo 5y ago
That'd work