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Time Zone Meeting Planner & Overlap Calculator

gottafindatime is a timezone overlap calculator that helps remote teams find the best meeting time across up to 4 time zones. Compare working hours for any city worldwide, visualize overlap windows, check national holidays for 35+ countries, get daylight saving time alerts, and copy paste-ready meeting times. No signup required.

Works as a world clock meeting scheduler, international meeting planner, timezone converter, and distributed team scheduling tool. Supports all IANA time zones including New York, London, Tokyo, Sydney, Berlin, Paris, Singapore, Dubai, São Paulo, and hundreds more.

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New YorkChicago
Fri, Jul 3
New York
13:21 EDT
Independence Day (substitute day)
Chicago
12:21 CDT
Independence Day (substitute day)
Overlap
10:00–18:00 EDT

New York to Chicago time difference

Chicago is 1 hour behind New York. The two share most of their working hours, making this one of the easiest US meeting pairs to schedule.

Quick conversions

New YorkChicago
6 AM5 AM
9 AM8 AM
12 PM11 AM
3 PM2 PM
6 PM5 PM

Typical times — the planner above adjusts for daylight saving automatically.

Common questions
Time difference between New York and Chicago? Chicago is 1 hour behind New York. The exact difference can vary by 1 hour around daylight saving time transitions — the tool accounts for that automatically.
Best time to schedule a meeting? The green overlap zone in the tool above shows ideal times where both cities are within standard working hours. The yellow flex zone shows times within ±2 hours of working hours.
How do I convert a specific time? Click anywhere on the overlap track to drop a meeting marker. The time appears in both New York and Chicago local time. Use arrow keys or drag to fine-tune by 15 min.
Does this account for daylight saving time? Yes — DST transitions for both New York and Chicago are detected automatically. Navigate days forward to see how the overlap shifts around clock changes.

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