Change Google Cloud SQL CURRENT_TIMESTAMP time zone?

Question

I\'m using CURRENT_TIMESTAMP in Google Cloud SQL and according to Google, it returns the server\'s current time.

Currently, with the time that it returns, i

Answer 1

Cloud SQL sets the system time as UTC.

You can set the timezone for an individual session with a statement like:

SET @@session.time_zone='-07:00';

You can use named (and daylight savings aware) timezones such as "US/Pacific" if you first set up the timezone table by running a system command like:

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