I never did get time zones working to their fullest on the website's calendar. (I too miss the old, old calendar, but when your web host says "take that unsupported, virus-proned phpbb2 board down or we'll do it for you", options become limited.) I noticed you all were still having time zone confusions, even with the most recent event.
So, I present to you
Permatime.com.
Permatime lets you set a date, time and optionally a title. Lika dis:
My Freakin' Awesome QuestWhen a user clicks that link, they get your event and can set their location to get a convertion.