Thanks for your reply. I don’t have shell access but the host verified the correct date/time.
I don’t think I have access to change the timezone in the php.ini file either.
What I don’t understand is why wordpress has the right time when I choose UTC-4 but not when I choose New York as the timezone. They should be the same. Also I don’t understand why changing the timezone is changing the UTC displayed. UTC shouldn’t change with timezone. Timezone is the offset from UTC.