What time will it be in Bishkek when it's 3:45am in Ouagadougou?

January 31, 2011 2:19 AM

I frequently need to schedule phone calls across multiple international time zones. Can you recommend an online meeting planner or world clock with a pleasant Web 2.0-style interface? All the ones Google throws up have ugly design, clunky menus, pop-up ads, buggy java-based clocks and other olde-webbe annoyances. I use them every day and they drive me mad. Surely there's a modern alternative that's clean, fast and functional?
posted by embrangled to Computers & Internet (9 answers total)

I swear by Timescroller on my iPod touch. I too have struggled to find something online that provides a good interface.
posted by wingless_angel at 2:32 AM on January 31, 2011 [1 favorite]

Best answer: There's Every Time Zone.
posted by caek at 2:44 AM on January 31, 2011 [2 favorites]

I use Timeanddate.com for all my international time and date needs, including the Meeting Planner function. I find the interface reasonably useable and functional. I note on the Meeting Planner page that they have a new iPhone app too.
posted by AnnaRat at 3:00 AM on January 31, 2011

Timescroller also has a nice Mac OS X desktop widget, for those who are interested. Been using if for a while now and it works perfectly.
posted by qwip at 3:39 AM on January 31, 2011

2nding Timeanddate's meeting planner - if you mangle the link it gives you slightly removing the day, month and year parameters then it will give you the times for today (example) - handy to have in your browser favourites.
posted by samj at 5:43 AM on January 31, 2011

Seconding timeanddate
posted by Confess, Fletch at 6:44 AM on January 31, 2011

Google Calendar finally (FINALLY) supports setting individual timezones for events as well.
posted by evoque at 7:17 AM on January 31, 2011 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Thanks, all. Every Time Zone is just the kind of thing I've been looking for. I hope it comes out of beta soon, it would be even better if it had a wider range of locations and a customisable home page.
posted by embrangled at 12:59 PM on January 31, 2011

I have just discovered Schedule Once and I'm in love. Everyone individually chooses their time zones and marks their own available dates and hours, the site spits out the best meeting times. No logins required.
posted by lhall at 8:34 PM on February 3, 2011