Timetate
A world clock on a live 3D globe. Put Zurich and Beijing on it side by side.
🇨🇭 Zurich (UTC+2) · 🇨🇳 Beijing (UTC+8) · 6 hours difference — Beijing is ahead
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🇨🇭 09:00–11:00 in Zurich = 🇨🇳 15:00–17:00 in Beijing2 hours of overlap within standard business hours (09:00–17:00)
24-Hour Schedule
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| 🇨🇭 Zurich | 02:00 | 03:00 | 04:00 | 05:00 | 06:00 | 07:00 | 08:00 | 09:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 18:00 | 19:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 23:00 | 00:00 | 01:00 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing | 08:00 | 09:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 18:00 | 19:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 23:00 | 00:00 | 01:00 | 02:00 | 03:00 | 04:00 | 05:00 | 06:00 | 07:00 |
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Open Meeting Planner →Both cities run on technology, so most calls between Zurich and Beijing are between people in the same trade. Put simply, when it is 09:00 in Zurich it is already 6 hours later in Beijing.
Both cities work Monday to Friday, Zurich typically 08:00–17:00 and Beijing 09:00–18:00 local time. On the Zurich side the dates that break a schedule are Swiss National Day (1 August) and Easter Monday (March or April); on the Beijing side, Chinese New Year (seven days in January or February) and National Day Golden Week (1–7 October).
The shared window is short: 09:00–11:00 Zurich time, 15:00–17:00 in Beijing. Guard it for the conversations that need everyone, and let the rest happen in writing. Only Zurich changes its clocks, so the gap shifts by an hour twice a year while Beijing stays put.
Beijing is 6 hours ahead of Zurich. The gap changes by an hour around the clock changes.
09:00–11:00 Zurich time, which is 15:00–17:00 in Beijing — the 2-hour stretch when both are inside 09:00–17:00.
Both work Monday to Friday, so any weekday works.
For the working day, yes — the gap is not wide enough to push office hours across midnight.
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