Use Contact Time to compare suitable calling or meeting times across saved locations and Local Time.

Steps

  1. On World Clock, tap Contact Time (the two-person icon in the upper-left corner).
  2. Tap Select Cities, choose two to five locations, and tap Done.
  3. Choose a date and use the 24-hour ring to preview a time across the selected locations.
  4. Open Edit Preferred Hours to set the daily start and end hours. These hours apply in each location’s own time zone.
  5. Review the suggested overlap and each location’s displayed date and time.
  6. Use Save This Time, Share, or Add to Calendar for the selected time. Review the calendar event before saving it.

Read the colors

  • Green: every selected location is in daylight and within preferred hours.
  • Orange: every selected location is in daylight, but the time falls outside preferred hours for at least one location.
  • Dark gray: the time is within preferred hours for every location, but at least one is at night.

If the selected date has no suitable time, try a different date or adjust the preferred hours. When you open the planner for today and no suitable upcoming time remains, it may move to a suitable time on a later date; check the displayed date before sharing.

Use saved times

Save This Time adds the selected moment to Saved Times in the planner. It does not create a calendar event or send an invitation.

  • Tap a saved entry to return to its date, time, and locations.
  • Use Share on the entry to share its time summary.
  • Use Add to Calendar to open the calendar event editor. Review the date, time, calendar, and other details before saving.

To remove one saved time, swipe left on it and tap Delete. You can also tap Edit beside Saved Times, then use an entry’s trash button. Tap Done to leave editing mode.

To remove every saved time, tap Edit → Delete All and confirm. Deletion cannot be undone. Removing saved times does not delete your saved city list or calendar events you already created.

Before you finish

  • Compare dates as well as times when locations are on different sides of midnight.
  • A preferred end time includes that exact time, not the rest of the hour. For example, an end of 20:00 includes 20:00 but not 20:30.
  • The planner uses your chosen hours and daylight calculations; it does not check other people’s calendar availability.
  • The Contact Time Home Screen widget uses the planner’s selected cities and preferred hours. It is available on iOS 17.6 or later in this version.