What time is it?

I walked back to the hotel lobby and asked the desk clerk what time it was. He stared at me and says, 'Three fifteen in the morning.' Very calmly, just like that. I couldn't go back to sleep, so I spent the next three hours reading." ... I tell him the airport and he says, 'You know it's two-forty-five in the the morning, don't you?' Of course, I had set my alarm for 5:15 but the phone was still on East Coast time, so it really went off at 2:15! What could I do? ...