> If you’re based in Germany, there is a 7 hour time difference to east Asia, if you’re based in California, it is 16 hours. No, in California, it's 8 hours (i

> If you’re based in Germany, there is a 7 hour time difference to east Asia, if you’re based in California, it is 16 hours. No, in California, it's 8 hours (in the other direction). It doesn't make sense to talk about more than 12 hours of time offset except if you really care about aligning the calendar day instead of just the hour of the day.