@NL800 Please go to Account Settings. From there, hover over Modify Profile and click on Look and Layout. You will see a Time Offset on this page. Click Auto Offset and it should populate your current time vs the forum time (forum is on Chicago time I believe). If this does not work, then you simply need to take the difference between your current time and the current forum time (shown on the page) and put it in that box. For example, if current forum time is 11AM and it is 12PM at your location, put 1 in the Time Offset box and all time calculations will add one hour to represent your time. I do not think there is a way for users to set their specific timezone, but if the offset does not work for you, let me know and I will look into a more intuitive way to do so.
Alex