Dealing with PHP server and MySQL server in different time zones

Question

For those of us who use standard shared hosting packages, such as GoDaddy or Network Solutions, how do you handle datetime conversions when your hosting server (PHP) and MyS

Answer 1

I save all my dates as a bigint due to having had issues with the dateTime type before. I save the result of the time() PHP function into it, now they count as being in the same timezone :)