There is no standard 8-to-6 overlap. Someone joins early or late.
There's no shared 9-to-5 between Perth and Panama City; at 13 hours apart, one city's workday is the other's evening or night. Your best bet is one team taking an early-morning or late-evening call — alternating who stretches keeps it fair over time.
| Local time | 12am | 1am | 2am | 3am | 4am | 5am | 6am | 7am | 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm | 10pm | 11pm |
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Panama City America/Panama |
The US to Australia gap runs 14 to 19 hours depending on the month, and someone is always in tomorrow. Exact overlap windows for every US coast, the double-DST trap, and a rotation rule that keeps it fair. -