What time is it in LA, Chicago, New York and London, England? Pacific, Central and Eastern time

Problem
A webinar asks me to sign up and choose a time. What time is it where?

Answers
The webinar says the times available are:

Pacific                                 Central                    Eastern
(Los Angeles)                     (Chicago)                New York
10 am                                  Noon                       1 pm

2 pm                                    4 pm                        5 pm

My laptop, set to UK time, says that the meeting starts one day or two ahead plus such and such a time which is 5 hours ahead.


Pacific                                 Central                    Eastern
(Los Angeles)                     (Chicago)                New York           UK
10 am                                  Noon                       1 pm                   6 pm

2 pm                                    4 pm                        5 pm                   UK 10 pm

I can't find a tab for columns on blogger.com in which I create posts for blogspot.com on which you read posts. However, I shall check to see this looks OK.

I now have a magic, easy to understand comparison of time zones in the USA, plus a comparison between the USA, all three regions, and the UK. I can sign up for a webinar, recommend it to friends in the UK when they are at home in the day rather than out for the evening, or returned from work.

As soon as I clicked publish on this post I got the feedback that people in the USA were the greatest number of those logging onto my post. But the second highest number was people in Germany. (Could be Americans in Germany.) So to help them I thought I must check the time difference between the UK and Germany.

I bet most people in Germany know. However, the clocks changed last week. Also, as a freelance writer and former sub-editor I know don't rely on what you think - ALWAYS CHECK!

Germany - and most of Europe, is one hour ahead. That means that 10 am in the UK is 11 am in Berlin.  11 am in the UK is noon - are they about to go out to lunch in Berlin? Or are they free to chat about non-work items and watch videos? Noon in the UK is 1 pm in Germany. 2 pm in the Uk is 3 pm 3 pm in German. 4 pm in the UK is 5 pm in German - are they going home - is their switchboard no longer answering? 6 pm in the UK will be 7 pm in Germany - are they home already, not keep to take business calls when they are with family? A really handy comparison.

When recording videos, podcasts, and speeches, I must remember not to say good morning, afternoon or evening, unless I explain when the recording was made, but instead say, hello. because people could be watching the recording any time.

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Please save and share links to your favourite posts.       

Just three quick facts about Esperanto - and my blog posts read in Russia!

What I have learned about Esperanto:
1 No indefinite article (a). (Easy for speakers of Chinese and Russian who struggle with when to use a and the in English).

2 Definite article (the) is la (unlike French where la is for female, in Esperanto, which is simpler, la is for male, female and neutral).

3 Sentences end with n on the object so Esperanto as object of a sentence becomes Esperanton, noun. Similar to English sentence which start with I or he or they as subject but end with me or him or them.
Esperanto is easy. It looks like Spanish or Italian, but even simpler. The intonation is on the last syllable but one, like Italian. (In Italian you say Maria, then Trattoria, or Osteria, and you'll see what I mean.)

On blogger.com (where you create blogs - you read them on blogspot) I can see how many people have read each of my blog posts by week, day and now.

Who Is Reading this Post About Esperanto?
Often the majority, or at least the hightest number, of my readers are in the USA. That depends on when I write. If you are in the UK or Europe, write at midnight in Europe and the Europeans are already in bed, it's still daytime in the USA but it's the middle of the night in the Far East.

If you write in London, England, before working day starts, before 9 am, it's still night time in the USA, but the people in the Far East are already up and at work. (Similarly in Singapore and the USA, if you are writing a blog post, those who read it the minute after you have writeen it, apart from the insomniacs, you can work it out.

As soon as I had finished writing my morning's blog post on Esperanto, and Zamenhof's home and exhibition in Poland, I checked on my readership. To my surprise and delight I discovered that this week, out of nowhere, I suddenly 1,195 readers in Russia. Russia is a vast areaa, when you look on the map. I also had 180 readers in Poland, that's 180 people who speak English well enough to read a blog in English.

Before the working day had begun in London, before 9 am I already had 84 readers in Russia and 35 in the USA.Another twelve hours to go. I check the figures at lunch time to see if I have reached my daily target and where are my readers? If I have lost the Italians who were reading about the Osteria Modigliani restaurant in London and St Valentine in Ternia, Umbria, should I make sure I mention Italian? Regardless of who is reading where, I have readers. What a welcome start to my day! Welcome to all my readers in Russia, the USA, Europe, England, Poland, wherever you are, welcome everybody worldwide.

Some people play the lottery. I write blogs. I love it. I win every day. Thank you so much for joining me.

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer.
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