# Schedules

A **schedule** is a named set of hours you're open for meetings. Every event type
points at one schedule; 42min starts from that schedule, removes your calendar's busy
events and the event type's buffers, and offers what's left. You manage schedules from
[**Availability → Schedules**](/360/availability?tab=schedules).

## What it is

Each schedule has:

- A **name** (e.g. *Working hours*, *Interview hours*).
- A **time zone** — the schedule is defined in *your* zone; invitees still see slots in
  theirs.
- **Weekly hours** — for each weekday, the time ranges you're available. A day with no
  ranges is unavailable. See [Weekly hours and date overrides](/help/schedules-availability/weekly-hours-and-overrides).
- **Date overrides** — one-off exceptions for specific dates.
- One schedule is your **default** — new event types use it unless you pick another.

You can keep several schedules and assign different event types to different ones —
for example, a *Sales hours* schedule for demo links and a tighter *Interview hours*
schedule for hiring.

<Screenshot
  src="/help/screenshots/getting-started/availability.png"
  alt="The Availability page in the 42min dashboard, with the Schedules / Holidays / Meeting Limits / Calendar tabs"
  caption="Availability has four tabs: Schedules (weekly hours + date overrides), Holidays, Meeting Limits, and Calendar."
/>

## When to make a new one

- A category of meeting needs different hours — after-hours demos, morning-only
  interviews, weekend office hours.
- You want one event type bookable on a narrower window than the rest of your day.

If every event type should share the same hours, you only need the default schedule.

## How to do it

1. Open [**Availability → Schedules**](/360/availability?tab=schedules).
2. Edit your default schedule, or click to add a new one: set the **time zone** and
   the **weekly hours**.
3. Add any [**date overrides**](/help/schedules-availability/weekly-hours-and-overrides)
   for known exceptions.
4. When you [create or edit an event type](/360/events), pick which schedule it uses
   on the editor's **Schedule** tab — see [the editor overview](/help/event-types/one-on-one#the-event-type-editor).

## Common pitfalls

- **Edited the wrong schedule.** If you keep several, double-check you're editing the
  one the event type in question actually uses.
- **No upcoming hours → no slots.** A schedule whose only hours are on days that have
  passed (or that's all weekends when your event type spans a weekday window) produces
  an empty booking page.
- **Per-event-type caps live elsewhere.** A schedule controls *hours*, not how many
  meetings you'll take — that's [meeting limits](/help/schedules-availability/meeting-limits)
  (account-wide) and [per-event-type limits](/help/event-types/duration-buffers-and-limits).