For reference, here is the list of time zones supported in php:delfstrom wrote: On my host it didn't work the .htaccess file, but I was able to overcome this by adding the following line to config.php (I put it under the locale setting line)
putenv('TZ=US/Eastern');
Works just fine in the news date/time etc. Change according to your own timezone.
http://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php