title: Mysql db not updating to specified timezone
body: <p>I've specified the timezone in my php.ini file as East Coast time:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[Date]
  ; Defines the default timezone used by the date functions
  ; http://php.net/date.timezone
  date.timezone = America/New_York
  
  $ service apache2 restart
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But yet my database datetime entries specify Western Time (3 hours behind). When I look at the timezone in MySQL console, it says SYSTEM, which I always assumed it got from whichever scripting language was running on the server. In apache2.conf, I see know way to change the timezone, so nothing there. </p>
  
  <p>Anybody have any clue on how I can get my entries on the right track without having to specify the correct timezone in each and every single php file running on my shared server? If it's any consolation, I'm running an EC2 instance on the US West - Oregon region. Anything I can change in my EC2 Console Dashboard?</p>