Wanna chat?

[Georgiana]

At the moment talking with someone in the Chat Box is about as fast as mailing a letter, so I'm sure we can make better use of it. What do you think of a weekly scheduled chat? There are members from all over the world, so people are in different time zones, and we need to keep that in mind when setting the day & time. We might end up with more groups, based on time zones.

What I'd like to ask those of you who are interested in chatting, could you vote in the poll above? The times are UTC, so you will need to transform them to your time zone! If you did a mistake when voting, please PM me the correction I should make.

To go from UTC to your time zone, check this website: The World Clock – Time Zone Converter

Under "Select time and place to convert from", enter one of the times in the poll above (the one you want to convert); leave the location unchanged, it should be "UTC/GMT". Under "Select place to convert to", choose from the list of locations the one where you live (or the closest), then click "Convert time". You will be given a table with three columns. In the second row of second column, you should see the time you wanted to convert (the one from the poll, so UTC). Below it, you should see the converted time (where you live). For example, let's say you live in Baltimore and want to see what 8pm in the poll (UTC) means for Baltimore. If you follow the instructions above, you'll get this:



so 8pm UTC is 4pm in Baltimore.

I hope this is clear for everyone. If you need help, just let me know via a PM.

[Georgiana]

Please reply here if you have a day preference. The number of choices in the poll is limited and I cannot include days and times.

You can choose more than one option.

All votes are public, but I imagine this should not bother anyone. If you don't want others to know what you voted, PM me with your choice(s).

For those who don't know where the Chat Box is, here's the link to it: Atkins Diet - Smilies

[liv]

OK the UTC have me confused already. Sorry. Can we just have a quick North American Translation?
The first one midnight to 3 AM that would be 6PM to 9PM CST or 5-8 on the West Coast and 8-10 at the East Coast?

[Georgiana]

Okay, here's a table with conversions from UTC to EST, CST and PST. Remember to apply daylight saving time if necessary.

UTC ............................. EST ................... CST ........................ PST

midnight - 3 AM ....... 7 PM - 10 PM ....... 6 PM - 9 PM ............. 5 PM - 8 PM
3 AM - 6 AM ........... 10 PM - 1 AM ........ 9 PM - 12 AM .......... 8 PM - 11 PM
6 AM - 9 AM ............ 1 AM - 4 AM ........ 12 AM - 3 AM .......... 11 PM - 2 AM
9 AM - 12 PM ........... 4 AM - 7 AM ........ 3 AM - 6 AM ............ 2 AM - 5 AM
12 PM - 3 PM ........... 7 AM - 10 AM ....... 6 AM - 9 AM ........... 5 AM - 8 AM
3 PM - 6 PM ............. 10 AM - 1 PM ....... 9 AM - 12 PM .......... 8 AM - 11 AM
6 PM - 9 PM ............. 1 PM - 4 PM ......... 12 PM - 3 PM .......... 11 AM - 2 PM
9 PM - midnight ......... 4 PM - 7 PM ........ 3 PM - 6 PM ........... 2 PM - 5 PM

[Georgiana]

For the UK, UTC is the same as GMT without daylight saving time. If you go by BST (that is, with daylight saving time), then add an hour to the UTC.

Now it's 8 PM UTC.

In Berlin (Germany) is 10 PM. In London (UK) is 9 PM.

For the US: is 4 PM in Baltimore, 3 PM in Austin and 1 PM in Los Angeles.

For Canada: is 4 PM in Montreal and 2 PM in Edmonton.

In Beijing (China) is 4 AM.

In Islamabad (Pakistan) is 2 AM.

In Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) is 11 PM.

In Sydney (Australia) is 6 AM.

In Tokyo (Japan) is 5 AM.

In Istanbul (Turkey) is 11 PM.

[liv]

And we are not picking a day - yet?

[msanjelpie]

What happened to Mountain Standard Time (MST) ?

[Ohbehave007]

Since I am a stay at home ... something, I am pretty much open for any time or day. I am on a GMT+1 time so UTC+2 right? Anyway I am so in for a chat day/night.

[Georgiana]

Originally Posted by Ohbehave007

Since I am a stay at home ... something, I am pretty much open for any time or day. I am on a GMT+1 time so UTC+2 right? Anyway I am so in for a chat day/night.

Yep. We're in the same time zone.

[msanjelpie]

Here is a chart that shows MST:

UTC Time Converter