Hi fellow writers
I have been doing remote work account management and tech support (writing,
communications) for a business in Chicago from Perth. They are doing soft
landings for businesses in Estonia, UAE, Poland, and Australia.
My new favorite website for time zones is
https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/
Shauna Kinney
Sent from my iPhone
On 18 Nov 2020, at 9:55 am, Sonja McShane <sonja.mcshane@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Interesting, John. Guess I can't say I'm not surprised.
If you don't mind, would you share which tools/products you've found to be
the best? (Or which to avoid?)
Sonja
On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 at 12:46, John Maizels <john@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You'll all be thrilled to know that management of timezone specs and calcs
is the single biggest breaking point for conferences and meetings right now.
I ran a five-day 24-hour global event in July, and timezone management
nearly killed us - partly because the US folk refuse to understand that
timezones exist, or that 24 hour clock is unambiguous.
We had very clear documentation standards related to date specification, and
still people forwarded notes containing bizarre references like "OK, I'll
see you tomorrow at 8".
The good news is that there ARE tools/schedulers/processes that are
inherently good at displaying and managing your local time. It's
particularly important for rosters, even more than for session plans. Using
time-zone-aware web-based tools is a critical success factor.
John
At 12:29 18/11/2020, you wrote:
So I am! Aargh! Thanks Kirsty :-)
Sonja
On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 at 12:28, Kirsty Taylor < kirstymtaylor@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
You're on AEDT, Sonja. ;)
AEST (Standard time) is what we banana benders stay on all year round. :)Â
Standard times never change when a time zone goes on daylight saving time.
John P Maizels FSMPTE
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