Sometimes changing the time zone on a server to ones own can simplify product prototyping. Luckily this is a painless process.
The below is for Eastern time, but one must merely look around in the /usr/share/zoneinfo directory to find the proper file for your setup.
When found simply run ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern /etc/localtime replacing /US/Eastern with the appropriate file.