Best overlap: 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Mexico City is 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM in Sydney.
Aim for 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM Mexico City time — that's 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM over in Sydney. There's just 2 hours of overlap here, so don't leave meetings to chance — lock 4:00 PM in Mexico City / 8:00 AM in Sydney into the calendar. One thing to flag — this overlap crosses the date line, so Sydney is on the next day relative to Mexico City. Remember that Sydney shifts for daylight saving and Mexico City doesn't, so recalculate the overlap after each clock change.
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