Best overlap: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM in Boston is 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Cape Town.
Book within 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM Boston time (2:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Cape Town) and both teams will be at work. Since Cape Town is 6 hours ahead of Boston, the workdays overlap by around 4 hours; 8:00 AM in Boston (2:00 PM in Cape Town) makes a reliable recurring slot. For part of the year the maths changes: Boston observes daylight saving, Cape Town does not, shifting the overlap by an hour.
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