Best overlap: 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM in San Diego is 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM in Manila.
Shoot for 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM in San Diego; your Manila colleagues will see that as 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM. Overlap is at a premium — roughly 1 hour — so claim 5:00 PM in San Diego (8:00 AM in Manila) for recurring calls and keep them on time. The date rolls over between them: Manila is on the next day relative to San Diego during these hours. Note that San Diego follows daylight saving while Manila stays put, so the times above drift by an hour seasonally.
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