There is no standard 8-to-6 overlap. Someone joins early or late.
When Amsterdam starts work, Wellington is already winding down or offline — the 10-hour gap leaves no shared window. Default to async and only schedule live time when it genuinely needs a conversation — then make it count.
| Local time | 12am | 1am | 2am | 3am | 4am | 5am | 6am | 7am | 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm | 10pm | 11pm |
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Wellington Pacific/Auckland |
London to New York is five hours apart, except for the five weeks a year when it isn't. Exact overlap windows for every US zone, the 2026 DST mismatch dates, and where to put the recurring sync. -