Question: I am about to start developing a private TODO website (that later will be extended to Web applications). I am unsure what framework to use. I have read about GWT and PHP frameworks such as Yii. What advantages do each one have over another. 

Background
 - experience in Java 
 - got an apache web host that supports php

Doubts:

* Would developing in GWT mean that refactoring would be easier than developing in PHP (especially since you can use Eclipse)
* seems like PHP frameworks such as Yii design objects for you once you create database layout ... can this be done with GWT?

Thanks!

Answer: 
New Timestamp (offset by 3 hours behind)

```
$timestamp = date('Y-m-d H:i:s',strtotime($row['timestamp_column_name'])-(3*60*60));

```

Create a second column in your table (perhaps?) and store the offset time - perhaps call it the admin time OR store the admin time offset from the system's time OR you can set the timezone PHP should use using something like the options mentioned here: [PHP timezone not set](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6208666/php-timezone-not-set) .
For many input formats, [`strtotime`](http://php.net/strtotime) is the way to go. However, its heuristical approach may lead to surprising results, so if you only want to parse a specific format, use [`strptime`](http://php.net/strptime).