What role does the server's timezone setting play in the functionality of PHP mysqli queries?

The server's timezone setting can affect the timestamp values returned by MySQL functions like NOW() or CURDATE(). To ensure consistency in timestamp values between the server and MySQL, it's recommended to set the server's timezone to match that of MySQL. This can be done by setting the timezone in the PHP script using the date_default_timezone_set() function.

// Set the server's timezone to match MySQL
date_default_timezone_set('America/New_York');