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Send at a good local time — everywhere at once.

A 9pm text from one coast is a midnight buzz on the other. Quiet-hours rules are measured where your recipient is, not where you are. Set your send time and see exactly what local hour it lands in each audience time zone — with a warning whenever it slips outside 8am–9pm.

Where is your audience?

Pick a date, a send time, and at least one audience time zone to see when your message lands.

Quiet-hours window here is 8am–9pm local, the common US default. Some states and jurisdictions are stricter — confirm the rules where your recipients are. Daylight-saving transitions are handled automatically.

General guidance, not legal advice. The 8am–9pm window is the common US default; local rules vary. Runs entirely in your browser.

Timing is compliance and courtesy

A badly timed text costs you twice: complaints and opt-outs from annoyed recipients, and potential legal exposure for sending outside permitted hours.

Two ways to stay safe

  • One safe window. Find a time that’s inside 8am–9pm for every zone you’re sending to. For a coast-to-coast US list that’s usually late morning through early evening — the planner makes it obvious.
  • Split by time zone. Break the list into zones and schedule each at a good local hour. If your platform supports per-recipient local-time sending, that’s the cleanest option.

The best hour isn’t just “legal”

Inside the allowed window, response rates still vary — early evening and mid-morning tend to beat the middle of the workday for GOTV and mobilization. Legal first, then optimize for when people actually act.

Pair good timing with a clean, cheap message: run your copy through the message cleaner and price the send with the cost calculator.

Send-time FAQ

What are “quiet hours” for texting?
Under the US TCPA, telemarketing calls and texts should only go out between 8am and 9pm in the recipient’s local time. Sending outside that window — including a well-meaning “last chance” text at 10pm — is a common source of complaints and legal exposure. Some states are stricter still.
Why does the recipient’s time zone matter more than mine?
Quiet hours are measured where the recipient is, not where you are. A 9pm send from California lands at midnight on the East Coast. If your list spans time zones, a single blast can be perfectly timed for some people and a 1am wake-up for others — which is exactly what this planner shows.
How do I avoid texting anyone during quiet hours?
Either pick a send time that stays inside 8am–9pm for every zone you’re sending to (often late morning to early evening in the middle of the country), or split the send by time zone so each group gets its message at a good local hour. Many sending platforms can schedule per-recipient local time — if yours can, use it.
Does this handle daylight saving time?
Yes. The planner uses each region’s real time-zone rules, so it accounts for daylight saving automatically — including zones like Arizona and Hawaii that don’t observe it. Pick your actual send date and the offsets are computed for that date.
Is 8am–9pm the rule everywhere?
It’s the common US federal default, but individual states and other countries set their own windows, and some are narrower. Treat the planner’s 8am–9pm as a sensible baseline, and check the specific rules for the places your recipients live.