For visitors

Someone sent you a WhatTime.to link. Here is what is on the page and how to read it.

For visitors

Someone sent you a link like whattime.to/talk/maya. You do not need an account, you will not be asked to sign up, and nothing on the page schedules anything. It exists to answer one question: is now a good moment to message this person?

Reading the page

  1. The headline

    The first thing on the page is the verdict, in plain words. "Now is a good time to talk" means go ahead. "It may be better to wait" or "Probably asleep" means you are outside the hours they said they were reachable.

  2. The next window

    Underneath, the page spells out the next good moment in both time zones, for example "free tomorrow at 10

    AM, which is 4
    PM your time". No arithmetic required on your side.

  3. Their clock

    Their current local time, ticking live, with today's date and the timezone name. Copy their time puts it on your clipboard, which is handy when you want to say "it is 11 PM for you, no rush".

  4. The next 24 hours

    A strip of blocks covering the day ahead. Green blocks are hours they are available, dark blocks are hours they are not, and the purple marker is right now. Hover a block to see what time that is for them.

  5. Their usual week

    The whole recurring weekly pattern, drawn in your timezone, so you can see at a glance which of your evenings line up with their afternoons.

  6. Where to reach them

    Any contact links they added, right below the verdict. That is the part to actually click.

Your timezone

The page guesses your timezone from your browser and says which one it picked. If the guess is wrong, or you are planning around somewhere else, use the timezone selector to change it. Every "your time" figure on the page updates immediately.

It stays current

The page recalculates every minute. Leave it open in a tab and it will move from "available soon" to "now is a good time to talk" on its own, no refresh needed.

Things worth knowing

  • "No availability shared" means the owner has not set any hours. Their local clock is still accurate, which is usually the part you needed anyway.
  • "This page is off the clock" means there is no page at that address. It may have been turned private, or the username may have changed. Ask whoever sent it for a fresh link.
  • A green verdict is an invitation to reach out, not a promise of an instant reply. Same etiquette as always.

Want one of your own?

Setting one up takes a few minutes, and most of that is deciding what your hours actually are. Start with the Quickstart.