Also, for those not wanting to change your forum clock:
http://www.cqham.ru/images/time_zones.gif That's a world map of the time zone. Find where you live, and then compare. Eastern Standard Time is that light blue area on the east coast of the U.S. btw. To compare, you count the columns until you get to the EST area. If you're to the left/west of the area, then you'll count to the right, and if you live to the right/east of it, you'll count to the left. If you live to the left of it, you'll be earlier than EST and if you live to the right you'll be later (by however many columns away you are).
Let's say you live in Paris. From there, count the columns (going to the left) until you get to the Eastern time. The Eastern time is six columns away, so Paris is six hours ahead of the east coast. Meaning, if this is at nine PM for the east coast, then it will be at 3 AM for Paris. I live in the midwest in the time zone to the left of the east coast, so when it's nine for the east coast, eight for me.
Only mentioning this cause someone mentioned time zones. x-x