How to set database time zone in application.ini

Question

I have an application in Zend Framework that has to run for a different time zone than the server. Is there an option to set the database server (MySQL in this case) time zone i

Answer 1

you might as well consider adding it on your bootstrap:

<?php 
class Bootstrap extends Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrap {
    protected function _initTimeZone() {
        date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Manila');
    }
}

Answer 2

Try build pre dispatch plugin and get data from config file for query

Answer 3

I'm answering my own question just to close this, as the response is already in one of the edits.

resources.db.params.charset

and

resources.db.params.driver_options.1002

as I had in my application.ini cannot be used together, as resources.db.params.charset ovewirites driver_options.1002.

If you need to set the timezone, remove resources.db.params.charset and pass the timezone in the charset in driver_options. E.g.:

resources.db.params.driver_options.1002 = "SET NAMES utf8, time_zone = 'Europe/London'"

Answer 4

This works for me:

resources.db.adapter = "Pdo_Mysql"
resources.db.params.driver_options.1002 = "SET NAMES 'utf8', CHARACTER SET 'utf8', time_zone = 'Europe/London'"