Time Zones: Find out when your Friends are Online

  We meet amazing people on Stardoll from all across the globe. We love talking to them in chat, but in order to do so, we have to figure out when they're online. Everybody seems to live in a different time zone and two people getting on Stardoll at noon can mean two totally different times. I hope this little post can help you and your friends keep in touch, on Stardoll or elsewhere.

How to Find out when your Friends are Online

• 1 : Find out what Country they live in. You can find out what Country a Stardoll member lives in by visiting their page. When you're on their page, just look below their suite to the left and you should see a little flag. Hover your mouse over the flag and the name of a country should appear.

If you're having trouble finding a flag on their page, just look below their medoll on the members search page.

DID YOU KNOW - If you don't see a flag, that means the person has decided not to share their country.

• 2 : Find the Column that passes through their Country. Find their country on the World Map below. Then find it on the Time Zone Map. When you find it on the Time Zone Map, see what column passes through their country. Each column has a number that is either positive or negative. For example, Madagascar is in the column labeled +3.

The World Map is Below

After you find the country on the map above, find it on the map below and remember what column it's in.
If you can't read the map above, click here to see it bigger.

The Time Zone Map is Below

 To visit this interactive map on the official site, click here.

• 3 - Do the Math. Add their column number to the current UTC time. Then you can find the difference between your time and theirs. To find out the current UTC time click on this sentence. If you're confused, here's an example:

My friend lives in Sweden. Sweden is in the column labeled +1.
The current UTC time right now is 3:19am (January 26th).

3:19am + 1 = 4:19am

It's 7:19pm on January 25th right now where I live.
It's 4:19am on January 26th right now in Sweden.

Sweden is 9 hours ahead of where I live.

   After you do the math once, you'll always know how many hours ahead or behind your friend is. Then you can start getting online when your friend is online. Instead of guessing what time it is where they live, you'll know. This will keep you from waiting for them to log on or wondering where they are.

Thank you for Reading!

Please do not use what I just taught you to be a creepy stalker.