TIME


Confused?  Me too.  This page is here to help us.  The process of time zone conversion is idiot-proof ... which is a good thing, because otherwise I would not be able to do it.  Here's a simple step-by-step procedure:

  • STEP ONE:   First find out what time your match is taking place.  It will be somewhere between 18:00 and 23:00 GMT.   Now, ... you need to remember this time. Write it on a piece of paper and staple it to your forehead if necessary.

  • STEP TWO:   Now you need to find out which time zone YOU are in.  If you don't know then you need to find out.  Ask a parent, friend, relative, or a complete stranger, but do NOT ask your pet dog, cat, or goldfish ... they will simply stare at you with a blank expression.  I know this from personal experience.

  • STEP THREE:   WOW!  I'm proud of you.  You have graduated to step THREE!  This step involves reading.  I'm going out on a limb here, and assuming you can read.  So, skim read the list of all the time zones below and find yours:

(GMT - 12:00) Eniwetok, Kwajaleint
(GMT - 11:00) Midway Island, Samoa
(GMT - 10:00) Hawaii
(GMT - 09:00) Alaska
(GMT - 08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada), Tijuana
(GMT - 07:00) Arizona
(GMT - 07:00) Mountain Time (US & Canada)
(GMT - 06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
(GMT - 06:00) Mexico City, Tegucigalpa
(GMT - 06:00) Saskatchewan
(GMT - 05:00) Bogota, Lima
(GMT - 05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
(GMT - 05:00) Indiana (East)
(GMT - 04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)
(GMT - 04:00) Caracas, La Paz
(GMT - 03:30) Newfoundland
(GMT - 03:00) Brasilia
(GMT - 03:00) Buenos Aires, Georgetown
(GMT - 02:00) Mid-Atlantic
(GMT - 01:00) Azores, Cape Verde Is.
(GMT) Greenwich Mean time, Dublin, Edinburgh, London, Lisbon
(GMT) Monrovia, Casablanca
(GMT + 01:00) Berlin, Stockholm, Rome, Bern, Brussels, Vienna
(GMT + 01:00) Paris, Madrid, Amsterdam
(GMT + 01:00) Prague, Warsaw, Budapest
(GMT + 02:00) Athens, Helsinki, Istanbul
(GMT + 02:00) Cairo
(GMT + 02:00) Eastern Europe
(GMT + 02:00) Harare, Pretoria
(GMT + 02:00) Israel
(GMT + 03:00) Baghdad, Kuwait, Nairobi, Riyadh
(GMT + 03:00) Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Volgograd
(GMT + 03:30) Tehran
(GMT + 04:00) Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Tbilisi
(GMT + 04:30) Kabul
(GMT + 05:00) Islamabad, Karachi, Ekaterinburg, Tashkent
(GMT + 05:30) Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, New Delhi, Colombo
(GMT + 06:00) Almaty, Dhaka
(GMT + 07:00) Bangkok, Jakarta, Hanoi
(GMT + 08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Urumqi
(GMT + 08:00) Hong Kong, Perth, Singapore, Taipei
(GMT + 09:00) Tokyo, Osaka, Sapporo, Seoul, Yakutsk
(GMT + 09:30) Adelaide
(GMT + 09:30) Darwin
(GMT + 10:00) Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney
(GMT + 10:00) Guam, Port Moresby, Vladivostok
(GMT + 10:00) Hobart
(GMT + 11:00) Magadan, Solomon Is., New Caledonia
(GMT + 12:00) Fiji, Kamchatka, Marshall Is.
(GMT + 12:00) Wellington, Auckland
  • STEP FOUR:   If you have reached this step and have not located your time zone in the list above, then you are CHEATING!!  WE HERE AT INET DO NOT LIKE CHEATERS!  HOW DARE YOU!  WE'RE TELLING YOUR MOTHER!  Oh, well, maybe you have located your time zone.  If this is so, please take note of the number for your time zone.  An example would be: (GMT - 8:00).

  • STEP FIVE:   YOU HAVEN'T GIVEN UP YET???  Wow.  Well, I have a sure-fire way to make a quitter out of you ... this step involves ARITHMATIC [math].  You have to either ADD OR SUBTRACT NUMBERS.  That doesn't scare you off?!  Phooey. Oh well.  Here's the hard part: take the time of your match and add/subtract it to/from your time zone.  If there's a plus sign (+) before your time zone time, then you add it to your GMT match time.  If your time zone has a minus sign (-) before it, then you subtract your time from your GMT match time.

If you followed the instructions above, danced around the room naked singing Happy Birthday to your socks, and sacrificed a chicken to the gods of time zones, you probably came up with the answer.  All the players really should not have to do all this.  .