Abu Dhabi is 11 hours ahead of Vancouver

There is no standard 8-to-6 overlap. Someone joins early or late.

For Vancouver and Abu Dhabi, the standard workday in one city falls outside office hours in the other — that's what 11 hours of distance does. Keep live syncs short and infrequent, and let written updates carry the day-to-day between Vancouver and Abu Dhabi. Watch the DST gap — when Vancouver changes its clocks and Abu Dhabi stays the same, this window slides by an hour.