How does the game define "Earth Time"?

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Usually, if the game tells you a time, its for YOUR timezone. Weekly Resets are 1am PST.

[Rongway]

Weekly Resets are 1am PST.

0100 PDT -- this is an important distinction.

Weekly resets for non crafting/gathering activities are Tuesday, 0000 (midnight) PST, always.


Dear OP, type
/timers

General weekly reset is listed as "Challenge Deadline" using your system's local time. Tuesday, 0000 PST, or 1700 JST.
Crafting/gathering weekly content is listed as "Custom Deliveries": Thursday, 0000 PST, 1700 JST (same time as general weekly reset, but two days later).

General daily reset is not listed, but is most easily remembered as "JP Midnight": 0700 PST, 0000 JST.
Crafting/gathering dailies (turn-in lists for GC, Ixal, collectibles) are listed as "[GC crest] Next Mission Allowance" and "Rowena's House of Splendors": 1200 PST, 0500 JST.



Adjust for daylight time as necessary. Remembering the standard times will be safer -- if you forget to account for the hour difference, oh well, you have an extra hour to cap. If you learn the daylight times instead, when we're no longer on daylight time, resets will happen when you think you still have an hour left.

[Hasrat]

If you learn the daylight times instead, when we're no longer on daylight time, resets will happen when you think you still have an hour left.

To be fair, that whole system is so broken/dumb, DT is literally longer than ST. So technically, probably actually better to remember DT, since you're spending less time in ST anyway.

(or we could finally wise up and just stop changing the clocks all the time)

[Rongway]

probably actually better to remember DT, since you're spending less time in ST anyway.

If you only ever remember the resets in the DT frame of reference, you'll have as much time as you think you have to complete your goal, during 65% of the year; and you'll have an hour less than you think, during 35% of the year.

If you only ever remember the ST frame, you'll have at least as much time as you think you have to complete your goal, during 100% of the year.
I respectfully submit that this makes remembering the ST times the far better choice.

Besides that, in PST, most resets are either midnight or noon.