Best overlap: 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Lima is 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM in Sydney.
Shoot for 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Lima; your Sydney colleagues will see that as 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM. With only around 1 hour of shared time, be precise — book 5:00 PM in Lima (8:00 AM in Sydney) and you'll catch both teams. The date rolls over between them: Sydney is on the next day relative to Lima during these hours. Seasonal note: Sydney uses daylight saving and Lima doesn't, so double-check the times in your own months — they can move by an hour.
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