# Timely

_2.1k+ installs · 1.1k active Slack workspaces · Recurring revenue_

> A Slack app that converts timezones in your chat messages automatically.

## How Timely helps distributed teams

- Every time mentioned in Slack shows up in each teammate's local time, even casual ones like "end of day" or "next Tuesday".
- Works in channels, threads and DMs, and only teammates in another timezone see the conversion.
- Used by teams at Salesforce (yes, the company that owns Slack needed a Slack app to tell the time), Globant, Vistaprint, HelloFresh, Warner Music Group, Carta, Indeed, Square, Zillow, Meltwater and PUBG Studios.

## How Timely started

- I've worked remotely since joining [Qwilr](https://rajatkapoor.me/work/qwilr) in 2018, way before Covid made it cool, as the only one on the team outside Australia.
- The team always mentioned times in both their timezone and mine. I felt bad that they had to.
- So one weekend in August 2020, I built a Slack bot to do it for us, then launched it as a free app in the Slack App Directory.
- Beyond one Indie Hackers post and a couple of tweets, I never promoted it. Teams with the same problem found it on their own.

Link: https://timely.day

HTML version: https://rajatkapoor.me/projects/timely