Time difference between Edinburgh and Okinawa
Compare the current local time in Edinburgh and Okinawa, see when your working hours overlap, and convert any specific hour between the two timezones.
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Working-hours overlap
When Edinburgh's 9:00–17:00 business hours overlap with Okinawa's.
Edinburgh working hours
Okinawa working hours
Overlap (both working)
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🇯🇵 Okinawa
Scheduling across Edinburgh and Okinawa
Scheduling between Edinburgh and Okinawa is hard. Their standard business hours do not overlap on the same day, but the two working days meet at a single point: Okinawa's close at 17:00 coincides exactly with Edinburgh's open at 09:00. A call timed to that boundary catches both sides at the edge of their day.
Quick reference
| 🇬🇧 Edinburgh | 🇯🇵 Okinawa | In Okinawa it's… |
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| 06:00 — Early morning | — | — |
| 09:00 — Start of work | — | — |
| 12:00 — Lunchtime | — | — |
| 15:00 — Mid-afternoon | — | — |
| 17:00 — End of work | — | — |
| 20:00 — Evening | — | — |
Daylight saving status
🇬🇧 Edinburgh
Currently in BST (daylight saving)
Clocks go back to GMT
on Sunday 25 October 2026
🇯🇵 Okinawa
Okinawa does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.