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

Edit the MySQL config file

sudo nano /etc/mysql/my.cnf

Scroll and add these to the bottom. Change to relevant time zone

[mysqld]
default-time-zone = "+00:00"

Restart the server

sudo service mysql restart