So after reading the above I decided to try entering the times in UTC (+8 hrs here).

So 12AM > 8AM, 5PM>1AM, 8PM>4AM, 11:45PM>7:45AM

Which looks screwey because it goes into the following day. However to my surprise the app accepted and stored the schedule, and when I go back and view the schedule the times are in local (PST) also it now holds the information and says its running the schedule (never got this far before)

Whether the water heater actually does what it should is another matter - will report back.

Venus, Jupiter naver shows (noticable) phase