Adjust date/time based on timezone

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Here are some snippets. I tried to remove some of the boring code. I started out fully baking the code and then edited from there. It’s pretty generic. I left the debug() statements in and included what they returned. I got tired continually fixing the date/time in the database so I just crash it before the save().

CONTROLLER:
    public function edit($id = null)
    {
        $userGroups = $this->Auth->user('user_group_id');
        $race = $this->Races->get($id, [
            'contain' => []
        ]);
        if ($this->request->is(['patch', 'post', 'put'])) {
            $race = $this->Races->patchEntity($race, $this->request->getData());
debug($race->date);     <- #3
crashit();              <- Just used to crash the code so it doesn't save the wrong date/time
            if ($this->Races->save($race)) {
                $this->Flash->success(__('The race has been saved.'));

                return $this->redirect(['action' => 'index']);
            }
            $this->Flash->error(__('The race could not be saved. Please, try again.'));
        }
        $racetracks = $this->Races->Racetracks->find('list', [
			'keyFields' => 'id',
			'valueField' => 'name',
			'limit' => 200
		]);
		if ($racetracks->count() === 0) {
			return $this->redirect(['action' => 'index']);
        }

        $racecars = $this->Races->Racecars->find('list', [
			'conditions' => ['Racecars.user_group_id' => $userGroups],
			'keyFields' => 'id',
			'valueField' => 'description',
			'limit' => 200
		]);
		if ($racecars->count() === 0) {
			return $this->redirect(['action' => 'index']);
        }

        $users = $this->Races->Users->find('list', [
			'keyFields' => 'id',
			'valueField' => 'name',
			'limit' => 200
		]);

debug($race->date);   <- #1
		$race->date = $race->date->setTimezone('America/New_York');
debug($race->date);   <- #2

        $this->set(compact('race', 'racetracks', 'racecars', 'users'));
        $this->set('userGroups', $userGroups);
    }

DEBUG RESULTS (from above):
#1 (Correct)
object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {
‘time’ => ‘2018-12-02T01:37:00+00:00’,
‘timezone’ => ‘UTC’,
‘fixedNowTime’ => false
}

#2 (Correct)
object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {
‘time’ => ‘2018-12-01T20:37:00-05:00’,
‘timezone’ => ‘America/New_York’,
‘fixedNowTime’ => false
}

#3 (Wrong)
object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {
‘time’ => ‘2018-12-01T20:37:00+00:00’,
‘timezone’ => ‘UTC’,
‘fixedNowTime’ => false
}

VIEW:
<div class="races form large-9 medium-8 columns content">
    <?= $this->Form->create($race) ?>
    <fieldset>
        <legend><?= __('Edit Race') ?></legend>
        <?php
            echo $this->Form->control('date', ['label' => 'Date']);
            echo $this->Form->control('rnd', ['label' => 'Rnd']);
            echo $this->Form->control('elim', [
				'options' => [
					'Y' => 'Yes',
					'N' => 'No'
				],
				'label' => 'Elim',
				'type' => 'select'
			]);

        ...(removed some boring stuff)...

        ?>
    </fieldset>
    <?= $this->Form->button(__('Submit')) ?>
    <?= $this->Form->end() ?>
</div>

TABLE:
    public function validationDefault(Validator $validator)
    {
        $validator
            ->integer('id')
            ->allowEmpty('id', 'create');

        $validator
            ->dateTime('date')
            ->requirePresence('date', 'create')
            ->notEmpty('date');

        $validator
            ->integer('rnd')
            ->requirePresence('rnd', 'create')
            ->notEmpty('rnd');

        ...(removed some boring stuff)...

        return $validator;
    }