Best overlap: 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Lagos is 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM in Austin.
The hours that work for both Lagos and Austin are 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM (Lagos) and 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Austin). Austin is 6 hours behind Lagos, leaving about 4 hours of shared hours — plan recurring calls early in that window to leave buffer. Note the seasonal wrinkle: when Austin is on daylight saving and Lagos isn't, the gap between them grows or shrinks by an hour.
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