DST

How daylight saving time affects meetings

DST shifts happen on different weekends in different regions, which means your perfectly-scheduled global meeting can quietly move by an hour twice a year. Here's how to stay ahead of it.

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Who switches and when

United States: spring forward 2nd Sunday of March, fall back 1st Sunday of November. EU/UK: switch on the last Sunday of March and last Sunday of October. Australia: opposite calendar — fall back 1st Sunday of April, spring forward 1st Sunday of October. Most of Asia, Africa and the Middle East: no DST.

The 2-week gap problem

Between US and Europe, DST starts on different Sundays — creating a 2-week window where the time difference is one hour shorter than usual. Recurring meetings booked in local time will silently shift during this window.

How to immunize your calendar

Schedule recurring international meetings in UTC where possible. Always include each region's local time in the invite description. Re-confirm cross-region recurring meetings two weeks before any DST switch.

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Frequently asked

Does DST affect Asia ↔ Europe meetings?

Yes — Europe shifts but most of Asia doesn't. The Europe ↔ India / Singapore / Tokyo gap changes by one hour around the DST switches.

Will calendar invites auto-adjust?

Usually yes if both organizer and attendee use a time zone, not a fixed-offset. If anyone's calendar is set to a fixed offset like ‘UTC+1’, it will not auto-adjust and will be wrong half the year.

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