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Help for those not in PST

I found this and thought I would share. I got so tired of trying to convert times in my head. This will help when anything is posted in PST so everyone can get what the time will be for them!! I hope you find it as useful as I have.

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

Kin  :D

Posted 6 months ago by KinOfWolf~♥ Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • That's a good resource.

    When dealing with international time zones I usually think in terms of GMT to make things simpler.
    Posted 6 months ago by Mal'akh Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It is a great converter. My point in the other group, however, about PST, CST and US EST was that those outside of America first have to look up what states in America that actually covers and then convert.  If everyone simply used the international time zone of UTC/GMT everything would be just one simple conversion of adding or subtracting hours depending where you are in the world.
    Posted 6 months ago by Oristia Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I am a time geek... if I want to know what time it is.. just about anywhere in the world I look at my bedroom wall... and one of the clocks is just about always within a couple of time zones at least
    Posted 6 months ago by dr kelly Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Anyone who's using Windows 7 - you can set the time on your taskbar to show up to 3 clocks when you hover over it (mine's set to UK, Glitch and China ) 

    Just click on it, click date and time settings and additional clocks.

    Very useful if someone's announcing a Glitch party and you want to know if it's worth turning up. (Speaking as someone who once rolled up at a glitch party 12 hours too early!)
    Posted 6 months ago by Momo McGlitch Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It always takes me ages to work out the US timezones. 
    Using (or just adding),  GMT would be wonderful, but when it's an announcement here
    on the forums, it would be enough to simply add ''in x hours from now'.
    Below the post I see when it was written and it takes less than a second to work out what time the event will be. 
    Posted 6 months ago by Zira Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 to posting times in UTC (then a simple on-page JavaScript could provide hover text in the viewer's local time zone).

    Note that right now, it's actually PDT (Apr-Oct) so be careful with raw offsets if you do the arithmetic.
    Posted 6 months ago by Janitch Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I just *love* WorldTimeBuddy - so much easier to use than the one posted above imho :) 

    http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/
    Posted 6 months ago by Hburger Subscriber! | Permalink
  • haha, I was going to post that, hburger, but got distracted.

    think it may have been you that recommended it to me on twitter
    Posted 6 months ago by shhexy corin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 for the general effort to write times and appointments in GMT/UTC +/-

    And thank you for the links. And for the hint about different time zones in the task bar. Never knew that would be possible, although I constantly have to calculate 2 time zones (Europe and Asia) at once. Very helpful!
    Posted 6 months ago by Louis Louisson Subscriber! | Permalink
  • For those using Firefox look for FoxClocks in the add-ons.
    It displays the different times across the bottom of the browser and puts the country flag next to it. 
    Posted 6 months ago by BlackWolf Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Also, you can count it on your fingers, which I do to make sure I have it right.  Start with your pinky and look at it like this:

    Let's say you need to know what 5pm pst is, start with your pinky and each finger is a time zone.  I am in est so my zone is my pointer finger:

    5 | 6 | 7 | 8

    5pm pst is 8pm est!
    Posted 6 months ago by Serra Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Serra that works in the US or over a continet...but how many time zones are there between PST and Australia?

    @Oristia- you mean, me saying it's "3 hours ago from now but in 4 days" isn't crystal clear?
    Posted 6 months ago by M<3tra, obviously Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @ Metra -  "3 hours ago from now but in 4 days"  makes perfect sense to me and is how some of my friends explain the time for an event to me. 

    I'm in Australia and I also find it difficult when people use the different time zones in the States. The only time zones I have imprinted in my brain are Pacific, which Tiny Speck uses and GMT/UTC.
    Posted 6 months ago by Teena Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I like GMT. I'm GMT+10. Quite unusual.
    Posted 6 months ago by Maxy Cat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm with Oristia - I have to figure out which time zone that is, and then convert, and then hope I've got it all right, and then worry that either the poster or I did not take summer time into account. I prefer GMT/UTC. I'm UTC+12. 
    Posted 6 months ago by Trixie Leitz Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @ Trixie Leitz + Maxy Cat

    Hey Maxy! You're no longer the closest to the IDL. Trixie is the winner!

    As for me I am just at GMT +0800
    Posted 6 months ago by Mal'akh Subscriber! | Permalink
  • For those who are not familiar with UTC/GMT, here is a list of the world's regions according to UTC:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_time_zones_by_country

    If a person wanted to organise an event using PDT at 9pm, they would write it as 9pm (UTC -7) (PST is UCT -8) and with my region being UTC +10, I would know to add 17 hours to 9pm to get the correct corresponding time. 

    Therefore if UTC is used consistently people will know automatically what their time is for their region, and nothing will need to be looked up other than perhaps to check around the commencement and end of daylight savings time, and it will be simple for everyone.

    And lol, Met :P
    Posted 6 months ago by Oristia Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I also prefer GMT/UTC over naming time zones. Sometimes people say PST when they mean PDT, so memorizing the time zone difference isn't enough. We also need to look up whether daylight savings time is active to be sure when an event is taking place.
    Posted 6 months ago by Xacau Feera Blin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • UTC+12? Wow. What's that? Marshall Islands? NZL?
    Posted 6 months ago by Louis Louisson Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @ Louis Louisson

    UTC +12 = New Zealand main territory. Trixie could be in Aukland for all we know. ^_^
    Posted 6 months ago by Mal'akh Subscriber! | Permalink