У вас есть несколько вариантов здесь:
1
$result = mysql_query("SELECT myDate FROM table");
$myDate = mysql_result($result, 0);
$fourHoursAhead = strtotime("+4 hours", strtotime($myDate));
2
// same first two lines from above
$fourHoursAhead = strtotime($myDate) + 4 * 60 * 60;
3.
$result = mysql_query("SELECT UNIX_TIMESTAMP(myDate) FROM table");
$myDate = mysql_result($result, 0);
$fourHoursAhead = $myDate + 4 * 60 * 60;
4
$fourHoursAhead = strtotime("+4 hours", $myDate);
5
$result = mysql_query("SELECT UNIX_TIMESTAMP(DATE_ADD(myDate, INTERVAL 4 HOUR))");
$fourHoursAhead = mysql_result($result, 0);