I have a shared hosting mySql instance which has it\'s system_time_zone set to Pacific Standard Time and it\'s time_zone variable set to System, hence effectively it\'s runn
For shared hosting, you have to ask support-guys to help you and change default time zone for you? I had similar problem with Arcor hosting-provider, called them and they fixed it. Before that, I found temporary solution in date_default_timezone_set()
from PHP code. Probably the best solution is to ask someone who has privilege to change that parameter.