MySQL timezone change?

Question

How do I change my timezone which is currently in UTC to GMT +1, what is the correct line and do i just enter it in phpMyAdmin SQL execution?

My host just gave me this link http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/time-zone-support.html and went off so I'm kinda lost thanks

Answer 1

The easiest way to do this, as noted by Umar is, for example

mysql> SET GLOBAL time_zone = 'America/New_York';

Using the named timezone is important for timezone that has a daylights saving adjustment. However, for some linux builds you may get the following response:

#1298 - Unknown or incorrect time zone

If you're seeing this, you may need to run a tzinfo_to_sql translation... it's easy to do, but not obvious. From the linux command line type in:

mysql_tzinfo_to_sql /usr/share/zoneinfo/|mysql -u root mysql -p

Provide your root password (MySQL root, not Linux root) and it will load any definitions in your zoneinfo into mysql. You can then go back and run your

mysql> SET GLOBAL time_zone = timezone;