Best overlap: 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Prague is 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM in San Francisco.
Aim for 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Prague time — that's 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM over in San Francisco. San Francisco is 9 hours behind Prague, so you only get about 1 hour of overlap a day — worth locking in a standing time like 5:00 PM in Prague (8:00 AM in San Francisco) before it slips.
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San Francisco America/Los Angeles |
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