I'm afraid it does. The Countdown Clock takes the date and time from the server, which is set to Central Time. There is no mechanism in place for it to offset for a user's time zone. Sorry.Thought it was just a mistake last Thursday (That cost me the 1st quarter), but I see it there again..A two hour difference between the stated start time and the countdown timer.
The different timezone shouldn't have an effect on the countdown timer, should it?