# Holidays and time zones

Two settings that quietly shape your booking page: which public holidays are blocked,
and which time zone slots are computed in.

## Holidays

Rather than adding a [date override](/help/schedules-availability/weekly-hours-and-overrides)
for every public holiday, you can pull in a country's holiday calendar and have 42min
block those dates for you. Manage it from [**Availability → Holidays**](/360/availability?tab=holidays).

- Pick a **country** — 42min loads that country's public holidays.
- Each holiday can be **enabled or disabled** individually (keep the ones you actually
  take off; un-block the ones you work).
- Blocked holidays behave like an "unavailable" date override — the booking page skips
  them.

<Screenshot
  src="/help/screenshots/schedules-availability/holidays.png"
  alt="The Holidays tab of the Availability page in the 42min dashboard"
  caption="Availability → Holidays — choose a country, then toggle individual holidays on or off."
/>

## Time zones — who sees what

There are a few time zones in play; here's which is which:

- **Your schedule's time zone** — the hours you enter on a [schedule](/help/schedules-availability/schedules)
  are interpreted in this zone. If it's wrong, every slot is shifted.
- **Your profile time zone** — set on your [profile](/360/profile). Used for things like
  dashboard times and as a sensible default.
- **The invitee's time zone** — the booking page detects it (or lets them pick) and
  shows every slot converted to it. You never have to think about the invitee's zone.

So: define your hours once, in your zone; everyone else sees the right local times
automatically.

## Common pitfalls

- **Schedule time zone left at UTC.** A brand-new schedule may default to UTC — set it
  to your actual zone or your slots will be hours off.
- **Holidays for the wrong country.** The holiday list is per the country you pick;
  choose the one that matches the days *you* take off, not where your invitees are.
- **A holiday you actually work.** The holiday calendar blocks every public holiday by
  default — disable the individual ones you don't observe.