Some background:
I have a Java 1.6 webapp running on Tomcat 7. The database is MySQL 5.5. Previously, I was using Mysql JDBC driver 5.1.23 to connect to the DB. Ever
I have the same problem and i solved it append only "?serverTimezone=UTC" to my string connection.
#sinossi my problem:
java.sql.SQLException: The server time zone value 'CEST' is unrecognized or represents more than one time zone. You must configure either the server or JDBC driver (via the serverTimezone configuration property) to use a more specifc time zone value if you want to utilize time zone support.
my dbDriver = com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
my jar = mysql-connector-java-8.0.12.jar
my java = 1.8
my tomcat = Apache Tomcat Version 8.5.32
my MySql server = MySql ver.8.0.12