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I want to temporarily change my time zone setting (e.g., temporarily return to my home country).

About Time Zone Settings

This section provides recommended settings for tutors temporarily in a different timezone, such as for vacations and temporary stays.

Multiple different time zones cannot be set in Cafetalk's schedule settings.

Therefore, if you know that you will be staying in an area with a different time zone the following month, please follow the procedure below to set up your schedule.

Adjust the available time within the range that you can accept requests, for the timeframe after the date of the time zone change.

Example: If you are traveling from Japan to Taiwan, which is -1h, and you want to make 19:00 to 21:00 your regular available hours, block 19:00 to 20:00 Japan time (because it is 18:00 to 19:00 Taiwan time) and add 21:00 to 22:00 to your available hours ( because it is 20:00 to 21:00 Taiwan time).

Cafetalk Schedule Setting
Example of the Cafetalk Schedule Setting
Cafetalk Schedule Setting
Example of the Cafetalk Schedule Setting

Please calculate the time difference between the time zone of the region you are currently in and the time zone of the region you will move to and block & add the available time accordingly.

Once you actually move to your destination (in this example Taiwan) and set the time zone to "Taiwan" in your account settings, you can unblock and unadd the schedule, because your regular available time will adjust to your new timezone.

If you have a fixed date and time to return to your previous country (in this example Japan) again, please set the block/add in reverse this time (to be +1 hour).

If the time difference is so great that the above method is likely to result in a mistake, an alternative is to temporarily change your time zone to the local time zone of your destination before your departure, set the block and available time, and then change the time zone back again.

In this case, do not forget to reset the time zone after setting up the available time!