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Notes on time zones, and the meetings they ruin.

Fourteen pieces on scheduling across distance — daylight saving, async-first practice, and how large distributed companies actually run their calendars.

06 Sep 2026 The Six Weeks That Break Every Global Calendar Four daylight saving transitions land between 27 September and 1 November 2026 — and they move in opposite directions. The exact dates, which city pairs shift by how much, and what to check before the cascade starts. Sep 2026 Best Meeting Times for US–Europe Teams The East Coast gets a comfortable three-hour overlap. The West Coast gets two awkward ones. Golden windows by coast, the single hour that works for a whole LA–NY–Berlin team, and how DST moves all of it twice a year. 05 Aug 2026 Time Zone Math Explained Simply UTC offsets, half-hour time zones, and the one formula that solves every scheduling problem — no jargon, just the math behind time zone conversion. 29 Jul 2026 How to Handle DST Transitions in Recurring Meetings Why your weekly standup breaks twice a year — and exactly how to fix it. The lead time zone concept, why US/Europe transitions are three weeks apart, and five concrete strategies to DST-proof your recurring meetings. 15 Jul 2026 How Global Companies Handle Scheduling Across Time Zones How GitLab, Buffer, and Automattic manage teams across every continent. Research from Harvard Business School on what time zone gaps actually cost, and the five patterns that make global scheduling work. 02 Jul 2026 The History of Time Zones: From Solar Noon to UTC How a missed train, railroad collisions, and atomic clocks gave us the global time zone system. From 144 local times in North America to the 24-zone grid and leap seconds. 01 Jul 2026 Essential Tools and Workflows for Distributed Teams Five essential layers for your distributed team's tech stack — communication, async video, project management, calendar scheduling, and documentation. Plus the workflow high-performing remote teams actually use. 24 Jun 2026 Meeting Etiquette Across Cultures and Time Zones Getting the hours right is only half the battle. The other half is navigating the invisible rules of meeting etiquette — punctuality norms, directness expectations, and how to make every voice heard across continents. 17 Jun 2026 Time Zone Horror Stories (and How to Avoid Them) The six most common time zone failures from real distributed teams — inherited-timezone invites, the US/EU DST three-week gap, "noon my time" assumptions, and the systems that prevent them. 10 Jun 2026 Why the 9-to-5 Workday Doesn't Work Globally The industrial-era 9-to-5 is a bad fit for distributed teams across multiple time zones. Remote work statistics, flexible scheduling data, and three practical alternatives to start using this week. 03 Jun 2026 Async vs. Sync Communication: What Actually Works for Global Teams When your team spans 8+ time zones, defaulting to real-time communication is a tax on everyone's sleep and focus. When to use async vs. sync, with data from Microsoft and GitLab's async-first playbook. Jun 2026 How to Schedule Meetings Across Time Zones: The Complete Guide A step-by-step guide to scheduling across time zones. Covers DST pitfalls, golden windows, and the three rules every remote team should follow. Jun 2026 Daylight Saving Time 2026: Dates by Country DST doesn't change on the same day everywhere. A complete reference of 2026 dates, and how the three-week gap between the US and EU changes wrecks meeting schedules. Jun 2026 Best Meeting Times for US–India Teams The 9.5-hour gap makes US–India scheduling uniquely painful. The two golden windows, DST effects, and practical tips to keep both sides happy. 24 May 2026 Why the World Needs a Better Time Zone Meeting Planner The tools we've been using are slow, cluttered, and stuck in 2008. Why we built a faster, cleaner alternative — and why it matters for remote teams everywhere.