Best overlap: 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM in San Francisco is 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Edinburgh.
Shoot for 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM in San Francisco; your Edinburgh colleagues will see that as 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Edinburgh is 8 hours ahead of San Francisco, so common hours are scarce (about 2 hours). Lock the slot, keep it short, and follow up in writing.
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