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

This work for me for a location in India:

SET GLOBAL time_zone = "Asia/Calcutta";
SET time_zone = "+05:30";
SET @@session.time_zone = "+05:30";