[Elecraft] OT: ARRL CW Sweepstakes question

[Bob Cunnings]

Forgive me for asking, but I'm not a contester and am unclear on how
things work. Tuning around 40 mtrs I hear a lot of what seems to be
ARRL CW Sweepstakes activity right now. According to the ARRL website
the contest begins at 2100 hrs Sat. March 5 (UTC) - but at this moment
it's only 0310 hrs March 5 on my clock. Is 2100 March 4 being confused
with 2100 March 5? I hear so many stations that it's hard for me to
believe that they are wrong, so I think that I must be
misunderstanding something.

73,

Bob NW8L