Best overlap: 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM in San Francisco is 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM in Kuala Lumpur.
Plan around 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM in San Francisco, which is 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM in Kuala Lumpur, to catch everyone during office hours. Overlap is at a premium — roughly 1 hour — so claim 5:00 PM in San Francisco (8:00 AM in Kuala Lumpur) for recurring calls and keep them on time. Remember Kuala Lumpur is a day apart — the next day — so a late call for San Francisco could be the following morning there. Don't be caught out by clock changes — San Francisco observes daylight saving and Kuala Lumpur doesn't, so the offset varies by an hour through the year.
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