Best overlap: 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM in Auckland is 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Seattle.
Aim for 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM Auckland time — that's 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM over in Seattle. You share roughly 5 hours a day. That's enough for regular meetings, but treat the window as prime time and guard it. Don't get caught out: Seattle is the previous day from Auckland, so "tomorrow" means different things to each team.
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