How do I set the time zone of MySQL?

Question

On one server, when I run:

mysql> select now();
+---------------------+
| now()               |
+---------------------+
| 2009-05-30 16:54:29 |
+---------         


        

Answer 1

Simply run this on your MySQL server:

SET GLOBAL time_zone = '+8:00';

Where +8:00 will be your time zone.