time in database in different with my current time

$upload_date = date('y-m-d'); 
$upload_time = date('G:i:s'); 

PHP:

when i check from database, i found that the time which is stored into database in not correct.

the time in database is like below:-
2008-11-09 08:31:09 (database data)
2008-11-09 4:34 PM (my pc time)

how to show the time in correctly?

 

any help plz???

 

You can try changing the time zone in your PHP script - http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.date-default-timezone-set.php

Another way to do it is with putenv function like:
putenv("TZ=US/Eastern");

Is this your server or is it shared?