It has been mentioned before, but not recently, that you can make the forum display dates and times according to your time zone. In your user profile, under "Look and Layout Preferences", there is a Time Offset field. If you click on the "(auto detect)" link next to it, the correct value may be calculated for you. Then click the "Change profile" button at the bottom of the display to save the offset.
You may need to adjust the offset from time to time because of daylight savings.
