Rt::date question

HI,

I’m using rt 363. I’ve created some dates using rt::date in the ->ISO
format. They look like they are being stored in gmt , but I would like
to display them in est. These dates I am creating are not part of any
ticket. Is there any method I can use to display them in est? I am
not able to use mysql’s convert_tz.

Thanks again,
Roman