Joe,
N.Z. time zone is 12 hours ahead of GMT, or 18 hours ahead of U.S. Central Time. I think they use daylight savings (Trumpy?), but of course at the moment it's winter down there.
So by my reckoning, at the moment:
Western Tennessee 7:30am (Sunday)
England 1:30pm (Sunday)
N.Z. 12:30am tomorrow (Monday)
Dave,
I keep an eye on eBay for old technical books as well. It's quite a buzz when you see something appear that you've been searching for. I just bought a 2 vol. set of 1948 Telephony handbooks that I've been trying to get hold of for years!