> > > Correction: I'm in EET (Eastern European Time). Until October 31st we were in EEST (Eastern European Summer Time).
> > > EST (Eastern Standard Time) is a completely different thing. When people in EST are going to work in the morning, people in EET are starting to go home after work.
> >
> > I know that, being a Toronto resident. The game runs in EST, that might be part of the problem.
> >
> > P.S. Until a bit ago, the game was probably in EDT (eastern district time), meaning daylight savings time too.
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> BTW, if you're on the other side of the date line that is probably it.

The Earth is round and there are no "poles" in the longitudes, so what counts as "the other side" of any longitude (for example the date line) is subjective.
EST is five hours behind UTC (previously known as GMT) and EET is two hours ahead of UTC. That means that if you go east from the Rinkworks server, I am seven hours ahead, without crossing the international date line. But if you go west, then I am seventeen hours behind, but you have to cross the international date line, so that adds one full day.
Based on this information, I would conclude that by "common sense", we are on the same side of the date line.