Thanks guys, very helpful! Kind Regards,
Jochen Daum Chief Automation Officer Automatem Ltd Phone: 09 630 3425 Mobile: 021 567 853 Email: [email protected] Skype: jochendaum Website: www.automatem.co.nz http://twitter.com/automatem http://www.xing.com/go/invite/3425509.181107 http://php.meetup.com/10 On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Phill Coxon <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 2009-11-17 at 15:18 +1300, Jochen Daum wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> for the non-native english speakers here, how do you arrange for a >> time or make time suggestions with people in other time zones? I can >> always send a meeting invite, but what if I want to use a time more >> casually? >> >> I've tried >> >> 2pm your time >> 2pm your time/ 4pm our time >> 4pm NZDT >> 2pm/4pm > > Hmmm. To provide a better answer to your specific question I use: > > 2pm NZT / 8pm EST > > Clients always know their own timezone. > > When-ever I'm sending emails I always be sure to specify what time I'm > referring to: > > "I'll get to that task tomorrow morning at 9am (my time)" > > ...or... > > "Are you free to meet tomorrow at 5pm (your time - EST)?". > > I've discovered a lot of Americans have trouble converting their local > times to NZT which sometimes resulted in phone calls in the middle of > the night (arrrgh). > > So now I'm always very specific and have had no problems since I started > that. > > -- > NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] > -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]
