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Global times

When collaborating with people in different time zones, you often need to express a specific time clearly. In Zulip, rather than typing out your time zone and having everyone translate the time in their heads, you can insert a time, and it will be displayed to each user in their own time zone (just like timestamps on Zulip messages).

Insert a time

  • Via compose box buttons
  • Via Markdown

  1. Open the compose box.

  2. Click the Add global time () icon at the bottom of the compose box to open the date picker.

  3. Select the desired time by clicking with your mouse, or using the arrow keys + Enter.

  4. Click Confirm to insert the selected time.

  1. Open the compose box.

  2. Type <time, and click Mention a time-zone-aware time, or press Enter to open the date picker.

  3. Select the desired time by clicking with your mouse, or using the arrow keys + Enter.

  4. Click Confirm to insert the selected time.

Examples

What you type

A date picker will appear once you type <time.

Our next meeting is scheduled for <time:2020-05-28T13:30:00+05:30>

You can also use other formats such as UNIX timestamps or human readable dates, for example, <time:May 28 2020, 1:30 PM IST>.

What it looks like

A person in San Francisco will see:

Our next meeting is scheduled for Thu, May 28 2020, 1:00 AM.

While someone in India will see:

Our next meeting is scheduled for Thu, May 28 2020, 1:30 PM.

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