World time zones. Picture from Wikipedia.
When arranging meeting times you need to check the time zones in other areas. Fix meeting times to suit the majority.
Then add the times to your publicity. Let us take an example. I have arranged a meeting in Singapore and hope to attract visitors from other countries such as as the USA, UK, Australia, China, Japan, and Korea. I need to find their time zones. I must also take into account British summer time (clocks forward) and European time, and Australian end of summer since their seasons are reversed.
So here is my first draft:
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To practise your English, come to Braddell Heights Advanced Toastmasters on learncool.sg, first Wednesday evening of the month, Singapore time, 7-10pm. Next meeting Wednesday March 7th 2021.
To add a clock to the time and date page and see when the meetings are your time go to this website.
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/personal.html
I checked my world clocks for a few cities this March (after the clocks changed in the UK to summertime in March) and found out:
Singapore flag.
Singapore is the same time zone as:
Flag of China - same time zones as Singapore in China: Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taiwan
Perth, Western Australia. Same time zone as Singapore. (And China.)
SINGAPORE, CHINA & PERTH are the same time
19 hours=7 pm - to 10 pm (22 hrs) in Singapore will be the same time in China, (Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong and Taiwan). Also Perth in W Australia.
Flag of South Korea. Capital city, Seoul.
Flag of Japan, capital Tokyo.
Korea and Tokyo
In Korea and Tokyo never mind if you log in to a Singapore meeting up to an hour late, because your time is one hour ahead. Being East of Singapore you reach dawn and noon and sunset earlier.
So we in Singapore are an hour behind you if you are in Korea or Tokyo.
Singapore meeting start time of 7 pm is already 8 pm in Korea and Tokyo.
Sydney - Sunrise and Sunset Earlier
On the other hand, in Sydney you got up earlier and reach bedtime earlier, so 7 pm in Singapore is 9 pm in Sydney.
However, you will be yawning at midnight at the end of our meeting finishing at 10 pm Singapore time.
Flag of Australia.
Sydney opera house by night. Over on the east side of Australia. This area of the world reaches dawn first but also midnight.
Singapore on Saturday Afternoon - Time
BHA toastmasters speakers' training club meets a second time each month, at 2pm to 5 pm on the third Saturday each month. In Singapore the Saturday meeting will be the same difference from other countries. (Except I must watch out for the change in Australia.)
Singapore on Saturday Afternoon is the same times in China
So the 2 pm Saturday meeting start in Singapore is also 2 pm in China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Over in Tokyo and Korea it will be an hour later, at 3 pm.
The same goes for Perth.
Those in Sydney must join the meeting before 5 pm their time.
The meeting ending in Singapore at 5pm, in time for tea, ends at 7 pm in Sydney, just in time for dinner.
However, going back in the west direction:
UK
If Singapore is GMT+7 in summer time, a meeting starting at 7 pm in Singapore is noon in the UK.
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Angela Lansbury is a British author who has lived in the USA.
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer.
Angela Lansbury teacher of English (advanced and English as a Second Language or English as a Foreign Language, French and other languages, aspiring polyglot.
Angela Lansbury, author and speaker. Member of many toastmasters speaker training clubs and speaking contest judge.
Angela Lansbury, the author of 20 books including Wedding Speeches & Toasts, and Quick Quotations, has lived in the USA, Spain and Singapore.
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