Best overlap: 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM in Auckland is 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Rio de Janeiro.
Your shared working hours run 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM in Auckland (5:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Rio de Janeiro). The overlap is tight at roughly 1 hour, so protect it: 8:00 AM in Auckland / 5:00 PM in Rio de Janeiro is your safest recurring slot. In this window Auckland and Rio de Janeiro are on different dates, with Rio de Janeiro on the previous day. Heads up: because Auckland changes its clocks and Rio de Janeiro doesn't, the difference moves by an hour twice a year. Confirm the overlap around the DST switch.
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Rio de Janeiro America/Sao Paulo |
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