For Everything There Is A Season… Except This

I am giving a tour of our safari park to a group of tourists.

Me: “We won’t see too many of the animals being active in the daytime. As it’s late October, which is our border of spring and summer, it’s quite hot and dry. They tend to be more active at night.”

Tourist: “You mean fall?”

Me: “If by fall you mean autumn, that’s March through to May in South Africa.”

Tourist: “Oh, so if it’s March back in the USA, what month is it here?”

Me: “It’s… still March. The month is the same, it’s just the seasons are reversed.”

Tourist: “So it’s March right now?”

Me: “No… it’s still late October. The date is the same, it’s just the season is different.”

The tourist nodded but I found out later he didn’t understand because he was complaining to his wife that his “expensive and new” smartphone wasn’t updating the display time automatically because “it’s March over here and the d*** thing is still saying October!”