This responds a bit to my question. mysql> SET time_zone = 'timezone_name';
Now I have to discover how to build the query...
EDIT:
So after doing the above, I created the query select *, dayname(date) as day_name from dates where (date + interval 17 hour) > now()
Although I consider this one better for me(for now), there is also an alternative that Bharat Maheshwari mentioned above.(since I am working on a national scale, I do not need to check each users time-zone, so this made this job a bit easier.)
Thank you very much for the help and tips!!!
Have a nice day.