Time difference between Fort Lauderdale and Okinawa
Compare the current local time in Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale's 9:00–17:00 business hours overlap with Okinawa's.
Fort Lauderdale working hours
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🇯🇵 Okinawa
Scheduling across Fort Lauderdale and Okinawa
Scheduling between Fort Lauderdale and Okinawa is hard. Their standard business hours do not overlap on the same day, with the smallest gap running 3 hours between Fort Lauderdale closing at 17:00 local and Okinawa opening at 09:00 local. Practical bridging slots: an early Okinawa start at 06:00 (catching Fort Lauderdale just at close, 17:00), or a late Fort Lauderdale call at 20:00 (catching Okinawa at opening, 09:00).
Quick reference
| 🇺🇸 Fort Lauderdale | 🇯🇵 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
🇺🇸 Fort Lauderdale
Currently in EDT (daylight saving)
Clocks go back to EST
on Sunday 1 November 2026
🇯🇵 Okinawa
Okinawa does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.