re: If you have a meeting at 10am and move it FORWARD 2 hours

Because forward, in the context of a meeting with a set time, clearly means sooner in this case. Closer to you, up in time.


It’s being advanced, not delayed.

Wow 5 pages.

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Forward is an awkward word to use in that context.

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This. Why not use a better word?

8am.

If you said move the meeting up I think earlier, but can see the confusion.

If you said move the meeting back, I figure most people would think that meant later.

8am

So if the 10AM meeting was moved BACK 2 hours, you would interpret that as 8AM? Don't blame it on the dyslexia

The correct way is to say "we are moving the meeting to (statement of the4 new time)."

Everything else invites confusion.

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How can it not be 8AM?
Move back = later
Move forward = earlier

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This is the only answer. How is it noon?

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dyslexiateechur

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Long thread short, don't use "forward" in this context. Use "back" to move something further into the future and "up" to move it to the nearer future. Don't use "forward" or "down". Why is it this way? I don't know, it's just what we've settled on.

"Back" means "further away", which if you're talking about the future it means forward in time and if you're talking about the past it means backward in time. And I guess we say "up" to move something closer in time because "forward" is ambiguous.

Or better yet just state the new time.

I say noon.

For daylight savings you move your clock forward (lose an hour), and backward (gain an hour). to the downvoters.

8am

If I wanted it at noon I would say push it back 2 hours.

But I would probably say, can we move the meeting up two hours to 8 a.m., so there is no confusion.