Time Converter
What a time zone converter does
A time zone converter lines up two or more cities against the same 24-hour timeline, so you can see local time in each place at a glance instead of doing the math in your head. TimeAndPlan's version is visual and draggable: every city gets its own color-coded timeline, and dragging any one of them moves all the others together, since they all share the same underlying instant in time. Daylight saving time is handled automatically — each city's offset is recalculated for the exact date you're looking at, not a fixed year-round number, so the comparison stays accurate across DST transitions in either city.
How to use it
Add the cities you want to compare, then drag any timeline left or right — every other city's time updates to match. Click a city's name to make it "home" (moves it to the top and re-anchors the calendar day to its date). The page URL always reflects your exact city list and order, so copying the link is the entire sharing mechanism — no account, no save button, nothing stored on a server.
Example
Scheduling a call between Toronto and Hyderabad: add both cities, and the two timelines show you immediately that a 9:00 AM meeting in Toronto lands at 6:30 PM in Hyderabad the same day — no manual UTC-offset arithmetic required, and no surprise if one side is observing daylight saving and the other isn't.
Why time zones change during the year
Many countries move their clocks forward an hour in spring and back in fall — daylight saving time — but not every country does it, and the ones that do don't all switch on the same date. Toronto and London, for instance, are 5 hours apart most of the year, but only 4 hours apart for a few weeks each spring and fall, because North America and Europe don't start and end daylight saving on the same weekend. Time Converter recalculates every city's real offset for the exact date and time you're viewing, so the comparison stays correct through those transitions instead of relying on one fixed number.
Shareable time-zone views
Adding, removing, or reordering cities rewrites the page's URL to match, and it also captures the exact date and time you had selected — not just "now." Sending that link to someone else opens the identical view: the same cities, in the same order, at the same moment on the timeline. There's no account or save button because the link itself is the saved state.
Common use cases
- Scheduling international meetings or calls across two or more time zones
- Comparing working hours between remote team members in different countries
- Planning what time to call family or friends abroad
- Working out a reasonable departure/arrival window before booking travel
Frequently asked questions
What time is it in another city?
Add the city to your list and its current local time appears immediately, color-coded to show whether it's night, dawn, day, or dusk there right now.
Does the converter account for daylight saving time?
Yes — each city's offset is recalculated for the exact date you're viewing, so the comparison stays correct across DST changes in either city.
Why can the time difference between two cities change during the year?
Not every country observes daylight saving time, and the ones that do don't all start or end it on the same date — so the gap between two cities' clocks can shift by an hour for part of the year and not the rest.
Can I compare more than two cities at once?
Yes — add as many cities as you want, and every timeline stays in sync with the others as you drag any one of them.