title: strtotime time zone offset with UTC?
body: <p>The $bet_closing is set to this in the WordPress admin: November 9, 2011 6:59AM GMT</p>
  
  <p>Which is 12:01 am PST (California Time) on November 9th. But I want to be able to add another option in the admin so they can select a timezone based on UTC. In my own state it's UTC -7. I tried this "November 9, 2011 6:59AM GMT -0700" but no go. </p>
  
  <pre><code>// Auto Close Bet
  $now = time();
  $bet_closing = strtotime(get_option('cp_gamble1_endtime'));
  if ($bet_closing &gt; $now) { // Betting Open!
      $output .= 'On';
      $cp_gamble1_onoff = true;
      update_option('cp_gamble1_onoff', $cp_gamble1_onoff);
  } else {
      $cp_gamble1_onoff = false;
      update_option('cp_gamble1_onoff', $cp_gamble1_onoff);
      $output .= 'Over';
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm sure there is a better way to do this. If there is I'm all ears :)</p>