Best overlap: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Edinburgh is 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Madrid.
Target 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Edinburgh, which lands at 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM for the Madrid side. Madrid is 1 hour ahead of Edinburgh, but with 9 hours of common ground you can hold morning or afternoon meetings without anyone working odd hours.
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London to New York is five hours apart, except for the five weeks a year when it isn't. Exact overlap windows for every US zone, the 2026 DST mismatch dates, and where to put the recurring sync. -