function setMySqlTimezone($returnError = false)
{
    global $SETTINGS;
    $tzOffsetSeconds = date("Z");
    // ignore offsets greater than 12 hours (illegal offset)
    if (abs($tzOffsetSeconds) > 12 * 60 * 60) {
        return;
    }
    // set mysql timezone
    $offsetString = convertSecondsToTimezoneOffset($tzOffsetSeconds);
    $query = "SET time_zone = '{$offsetString}';";
    if (!mysql_query($query)) {
        $error = "MySQL Error: " . mysql_error() . "\n";
        if ($returnError) {
            return $error;
        } else {
            die($error);
        }
    }
}
          <?php 
echo $timeZoneOptions;
?>
        </select>
      </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><?php 
et('Local Time');
?>
 &nbsp;</td>
      <td height="22">
        <span id="localDate"><?php 
$offsetSeconds = date("Z");
$offsetString = convertSecondsToTimezoneOffset($offsetSeconds);
$localDate = date("D, M j, Y - g:i:s A") . " ({$offsetString})";
echo $localDate;
?>
</span>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><?php 
et('MySQL Time');
?>
 &nbsp;</td>
      <td height="22">
        <span id="mysqlDate">
        <?php 
list($mySqlDate, $mySqlOffset) = mysql_get_query("SELECT NOW(), @@session.time_zone", true);
function getTimeZoneOptions($selectedTimezone = '')
{
    global $SETTINGS;
    // get timezone name to offset
    $tzNameToOffset = array();
    foreach (timezone_abbreviations_list() as $abbrZones) {
        foreach ($abbrZones as $abbrZoneArray) {
            $name = $abbrZoneArray['timezone_id'];
            $offset = convertSecondsToTimezoneOffset($abbrZoneArray['offset']);
            $tzNameToOffset[$name] = $offset;
        }
    }
    // sort from GMT-11:00 to GMT+14:00
    $tzKeyValuesArray = array();
    foreach ($tzNameToOffset as $tzName => $tzOffset) {
        $tzKeyValuesArray[] = array($tzName, $tzOffset);
    }
    uasort($tzKeyValuesArray, '_sortTimeZones');
    $tzNameToOffset = array();
    foreach ($tzKeyValuesArray as $keyAndValue) {
        list($key, $value) = $keyAndValue;
        $tzNameToOffset[$key] = $value;
    }
    // get options
    $options = '';
    foreach ($tzNameToOffset as $tzName => $tzOffset) {
        if (!$tzName) {
            continue;
        }
        $isSelected = $tzName == $selectedTimezone;
        $selectedAttr = $isSelected ? 'selected="selected"' : '';
        $options .= "<option value='{$tzName}' {$selectedAttr}>(GMT {$tzOffset}) {$tzName}</option>\n";
    }
    return $options;
}