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

Ancient question with one more suggestion:

If you've recently changed the timezone of the OS, e.g. via:

unlink /etc/localtime
ln -s /etc/usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern /etc/localtime

... MySQL (or MariaDB) will not notice until you restart the db service:

service mysqld restart

(or)

service mariadb restart

Answer 2

If you are using the MySql Workbench you can set this by opening up the administrator view and select the Advanced tab. The top section is "Localization" and the first check box should be "default-time-zone". Check that box and then enter your desired time zone, restart the server and you should be good to go.