Somehow I missed the current_time function, which gives a good description of the situation and how to properly deal with the need to get the current blog-local time.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/current_time
Though the purist in me still hates how WP makes the time zone setting in php.ini obsolete without giving you a choice. *grumble grumble*
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