Changed Date helper to return time() based on the timezone parameter.
diff --git a/application/config/config.php b/application/config/config.php
index 2628885..4d0e508 100644
--- a/application/config/config.php
+++ b/application/config/config.php
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
 |	4 = All Messages
 |
 | You can also pass in a array with threshold levels to show individual error types
-| 
+|
 | 	array(2) = Debug Messages, without Error Messages
 |
 | For a live site you'll usually only enable Errors (1) to be logged otherwise
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
 |
 | If you use the Encryption class or the Session class you
 | MUST set an encryption key.  See the user guide for info.
-|  
+|
 | http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/libraries/encryption.html
 | http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/libraries/sessions.html
 |
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@
 | 'cookie_domain' = Set to .your-domain.com for site-wide cookies
 | 'cookie_path'   =  Typically will be a forward slash
 | 'cookie_secure' =  Cookies will only be set if a secure HTTPS connection exists.
-| 'cookie_httponly' = Cookie will only be accessible via HTTP(S) (no javascript) 
+| 'cookie_httponly' = Cookie will only be accessible via HTTP(S) (no javascript)
 |
 */
 $config['cookie_prefix']	= "";
@@ -359,16 +359,14 @@
 
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-| Master Time Reference
+| Master Timezone
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 |
-| Options are 'local' or 'gmt'.  This pref tells the system whether to use
-| your server's local time as the master 'now' reference, or convert it to
-| GMT.  See the 'date helper' page of the user guide for information
-| regarding date handling.
+| You can set any PHP supported timezones to be the master timezone when
+| you call th now() function.
 |
 */
-$config['time_reference'] = 'local';
+$config['timezone'] = 'UTC';
 
 
 /*