Best overlap: 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM in Edinburgh is 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Cape Town.
Your shared working hours run 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM in Edinburgh (10:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Cape Town). With 8 hours in common, treat scheduling almost as if the two cities were in the same region. Heads up: because Edinburgh changes its clocks and Cape Town doesn't, the difference moves by an hour twice a year. Confirm the overlap around the DST switch.
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