You've nailed the problem. Too many layers in the application stack are tampering with time. As the author of the application I now have to understand every lay

You've nailed the problem. Too many layers in the application stack are tampering with time. As the author of the application I now have to understand every layer and all their nuances. All the good intentions of the database authors, driver authors and library authors are making it worse. Just leave my time alone and let me deal with it in the application.