Telling time...

I've been able to tell time for nearly 25 years.  I've lived in a different time zone from my parents for nearly 7 years.  But every time we enter/leave daylight savings time, I have an abnormally long adjustment period.  Add in the fact that we've recently moved from being an hour ahead of Texas (where my folks live) to an hour behind them, and I can't make heads nor tails of when is the right time to try to call home.

Of course, I shouldn't be complaining too bad.  My husband Brett has even more complicated add/subtract mental math when trying to adjust for the time zone differences between our Colorado home (in Mountain Time, US) to his parents in Adelaide (South Australia, Australia).  I used to have it figured out and I knew that late Friday nights (which are Saturday mornings down under), Brett would be up late to talk to his folks.  But, now that we've moved (which put us two hours earlier) and the time changed both here and there, it is hard to figure our when he's supposed to be online (I usually try to be the one to remind him to do these keep-in-touch things).

I found a very useful website online (World Clock Converter) that I can use to find out what time it is in Adelaide.  For instance, right now:

Colorado Springs (U.S.A. - Colorado) 

Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 6:30:00 PM  MST UTC-7 hours 

Adelaide (Australia - South Australia) 

Sunday, November 25, 2012 at 12:00:00 Noon CDT UTC+10:30 hours 

So, while we usually try to call Brett's parents early Saturday mornings before they start their weekend, the fact that he is just now talking to his Mom (and pleading for her to post his cricket bat as an Xmas present or bring it with them when they come visit) means that we will need to remember to call them mid-afternoon on Fridays rather than waiting until after dinner.  Good to know (harder to remember, but we'll try!)