Arranging a call
Proposing times, both clocks, where the call happens, and moving or cancelling it.
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A call is arranged inside the conversation, as a card both of you can act on.
Proposing
"Suggest a call" in the conversation header. You choose a length, where it happens, and up to three times.
Lengths are 15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes, or one you type. Five minutes is a real option: "have you got five minutes" is a real thing to ask somebody.
Where it happens is Zoom, Meet, Teams, Skype, a phone call, or somewhere else. The first four want the link. A phone call can carry a note, and "somewhere else" needs one: a booked call that says "somewhere else" and nothing more is a call neither of you can attend.
Both clocks, always
Every proposed time is shown in your clock and in theirs, side by side, on both sides. Nothing here silently converts a time and shows you one number.
Answering
The other person picks one of your times, or proposes their own, which passes the turn back to you. There is a cap on the rounds, held in the database rather than in the interface, so a negotiation cannot run for ever.
Once it is booked
A banner sits above the conversation with the time in your clock, where it is, and a Join link. It is at most one row by construction: a pair can only have one live call at a time.
Booking one leaves a card in the conversation from whoever booked it, with the time in both clocks, where it happens, and the two things you want from it afterwards: