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I use Google for those pretty often.

I do the same for basic calculations. I was surprised things like 9:00 EST in CET don‘t work in google search, but do in WA.

Works for me: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=9%3A00%20EST%20in%20CE...

You are absolutely right. I misremembered. Using GMT does indeed work only on WA:

9:00 GMT-7 in CET

https://www.google.com/search?channel=fs&client=ubuntu&q=9%3...

https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=9%3A00+GMT-7+in+CET

Google handles GMT and UTC but doesn't handle offsets from there and, frankly, it's understandable and I wouldn't bother either. What it does handle though is countries and their DST settings:

> 9:00 UTC in Thailand

Ohh does WA respect time zones in searches?

A regular complaint I have with google is (simplified example) converting EDT to MST. Google will “helpfully” correct me and convert EDT to MDT instead, which is explicitly not what I asked for. It’s stupid (I can usually figure it out on my own) but that would be a huge win for me.

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