title: PHP timestamps & timezone configuration
body: <p>My plan:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Get the current timestamp using <code>strtotime("now")</code></li>
  <li>Convert that to timezone '0' - This is the part I don't know how to do. I have the number that represents the users timezone, like -8 hours for example.</li>
  <li>Store it in the database in timezone '0'</li>
  <li>Retrieve it from the database in timezone '0'</li>
  <li>Convert it to the users timezone in the opposite direction</li>
  <li>use the <code>date('', timestamp)</code> function to display it</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>How can I accomplish the conversion? Or am I going about this wrong?</p>
  
  <p>I need to be able to store it in the database as a numerically represented time (like strtotime returns)</p>