Thanks, Cory. It doesn't seem to make much difference if timezone support is on or off. I have the latest updated versions of both: El Capitan on the Mac and iOS9 on the phone.
When I travel to another time zone it adjusts the time to that time zone. If I add an even while I'm in another time zone, it adjusts it when I get back. If I cross the international date line it really screws me up, changing dates. Doing the math every time I add an event is nuts. Spending the time to look up the time zones. Some are not listed at all and I would need to look them up each time. The idea is to SAVE time.
Again, all I want is a calendar program that will allow me to use it as I would a paper calendar. If I say 9:00 AM that's what I want it to say, period.
The floating option is still there, but needs to be chosen for each individual entry on the mac; iOS does not support "floating" so there is no way to enter something as absolute time on the phone.
Another thing I was told to try (by an Apple senior advisor, no less) is to always use one time zone for everything. This works, except when you add something when you're in another time zone it changes it. And when you've crossed the international date line it gets even harder to figure out. Apparently the only way to make it work is to turn off the master date and time on all the devices, which renders many other apps useless.
So I ask again, does anyone know of a wysiwyg calendar app that works on the Mac and iOS?