Haha well what's probably easier than timezones is simply stating X number of hours ahead/behind me. That usually works better for me than having the actual timezones due to constant calculations XD
Yeah It's really helpful when you have friends all over the world (Like me because I can't seem to make anyone in new york think I'm cool but the minute I meet someone who lives a million light years away it's like I'm met my other half)
Haha I hear you. I happened to find one friend online that even lives in the same country as I do. Most others are across the globe somewhere XD
Then again... I did somehow end up being blessed with falling right in the middle of a close knit group of friends. Still wondering how that happened XD