Best overlap: 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Boston is 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Lima.
Your window to reach both cities is 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Boston, which converts to 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Lima. Lima is 1 hour behind Boston, yet you get a full 9 hours of shared hours — enough to schedule around lunches, focus time, and preferences with ease. Bear in mind Boston shifts for daylight saving while Lima stays fixed — recheck these hours after each clock change.
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Long-distance relationships, parents working overseas, grandkids in Auckland and grandparents in London. The work guides do not really apply. Here is a practical playbook for keeping family relationships strong across time zones. -