Time Zone Clock Works Great Through Time Change – but
This was the week that my new Zonetick Desktop Time Zone Clock (if you want one, look on the left side bar) was to be put to the test. We sprang forward over the weekend. Not only that, but Australia fell back as they begin to go into winter. That is important to me because I have a long standing coaching client in Sydney so one of the clocks on my new desktop gadget is set to Sydney Time.
"Now we will see if this thing really works", I thought. (somehow I still don’t believe that computers easily can perform functions that are difficult for my brain)
My Australian client does a lot of international work and she has always been on top of the time zone changes. They get tricky for us because sometimes we change in the same week and sometimes not and also because we change in different directions. Nevertheless, she has always seemed to know exactly how it will work. We began an email correspondence last week and found that indeed we would change on the same weekend this year. She wrote that we would be 8 hours apart after the change. I looked down at my desktop clock and saw that we would be 9 hours apart if the clock were correct. Was my gadget correct? Was my client correct? She is on par with a computer in my opinion, so it was a toss up.
Score!! My clock won. For the 1st time in 6 years I was able to be on top of the time zone change because of my new gadget. I was so excited! I suddenly appeared to be on a higher level of organizational capability than my client. This was very satisfying.
So what happened with my normally organized client? Get this – the country of Australia decided to put off their time zone change for the Commonwealth Games sending their entire nation to function for days with all their computer clocks incorrect so as not to inconvenience their sport! You’ve got to love Australia. But I have to ask you, Australia, couldn’t you have set the time for the games an hour earlier those days and let the rest of the nation go about their business? Just a thought.
Anyway, my desktop time zone clock now has my complete confidence and I feel good about staying organized during my upcoming trip.
