how to get the timestamp from remote mysql

[Nathan Huang]

Hi guys
I am going to fetch out the data from remote mysql database according to 
timestamps colmmen, however my local date is different from the one on 
remote mysql database,
how can I get right timestamp using the date of remote time zone? that 
is to say I set the date and send itto remote server or database to 
calculate  timestamps of it
thanks in advance
nathan