Best overlap: 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM in Boston is 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Dubai.
8:00 AM to 10:00 AM in Boston is when Dubai is also working, at 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM their time. Because Dubai is 8 hours ahead of Boston, the shared window is only about 2 hours. A fixed slot at 8:00 AM in Boston (4:00 PM in Dubai) saves a lot of back-and-forth. Heads up: because Boston changes its clocks and Dubai doesn't, the difference moves by an hour twice a year. Confirm the overlap around the DST switch.
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