15:46
MAYBE
Checking your clock…
Lunch, not midnight, is where most Chicago threads go to die. Central Time is the country's meeting-glue; Chicagoans expect you to know they are one hour behind New York. Keep asks inside 08:00–17:00 and you will look like you live here. Chicago still shifts with daylight saving (UTC−6 in January, UTC−5 in July). Put the timezone in the invite title so nobody has to do the math in public. On an ordinary weekday in Chicago, treat the desk as reachable only in local business hours.
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