Ok this probably has to do with daylight savings time but I've set the forum to GMT-5 which is what it should be for EST but the times I am getting are an hour earlier than what they should be. For example when I post this message it is going to say that it was posted around 10:35 but it is really 11:35 here in North Carolina. Anyone have an answer for this?

daylight savings time. You're actually GMT -4 at the moment.