How can the issue of MySQL database time being 2 hours behind local time be corrected in PHP?

The issue of MySQL database time being 2 hours behind local time can be corrected by setting the correct timezone in the PHP script before interacting with the database. This can be achieved by using the `date_default_timezone_set()` function in PHP to set the timezone to the desired value. 

// Set the timezone to the local timezone
date_default_timezone_set('America/New_York');

// Connect to the MySQL database
$mysqli = new mysqli('localhost', 'username', 'password', 'database');

// Perform database operations here

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MySQL database time zone PHP timestamp

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