Seriously, how difficult would it be for eBay to check your individual settings and show you times where you live instead of irrelevant nonsense (eBay is global; where their servers are located has NOTHING to do with a seller's auction).
The sad fact is they're inconsistent there regardless of what people claim "they've always done" (which sounds similar to the excuse for stoning people in the short story, The Lottery by Shirley Jackson).
The web browser on a desktop or desktop mode shows local time. The mobile page show pacific time. The desktop page shows the exact time an auction ends. The mobile page usually lists it in hours and minutes remaining (like I want to look for the time and then play math games in my head). It's beyond stupid, but since eBay accepts NO suggestions or feedback from users, STUPID is all you get from them.
What's more amazing is that a competitor with actual logic, proper customer support (with actual phone numbers and email options on top of chat) hasn't wiped eBay off the face of the Earth yet. I guess most companies and entrepreneurs are even more incompetent, although frankly that's hard to believe on a global scale.
