How to change DBeaver timezone / How to stop DBeaver from converting date and time

Question

When I use DBeaver with Cassandra, it shows an offset of +01:00 even though the data is stored in Date or Times formats, that don\'t have any timezones. This results in some

Answer 1

I think it was fixed in some previous release.

Just go to Settings -> Editors -> Data Formats and select 'Use native date/time format' checkbox.

Answer 2

If you wanna see the TimeZone of your Selects, you can go to DBeaver Preferences:

Preferences

1. Click on Type, and change it to Timestamp
2. In Pattern Value add the termination " Z z" and see the Sample result like this: 2019-11-06 07:38:54 -0300 BRT
3. Tap Apply, and Apply and Close
4. Done :)

Answer 3

On Mac

1. Go to Finder > Applications
2. Right click on DBeaver and select Show Package Contents
3. Open Contents\Eclipse\dbeaver.ini
4. After the -vmargs line, add this: -Duser.timezone=UTC
5. Save file and restart DBeaver

Limitation: You’ll have to redo this for every version upgrade.

Windows

1. Go to DBeaver install directory C:\Program Files\DBeaver
2. Open dbeaver.ini
3. After the -vmargs line, add this: -Duser.timezone=UTC
4. Save file and restart DBeaver

Source: This blog

Answer 4

If this is the JDBC driver issue with regards to the timezone:
Right click on the connection to open connection settings

change the timezone

OR you may also change the server timezone driver property

Answer 5

I found another solution:

Setting dbeaver.ini file in DBeaver root directory.

Open the file:

-startup
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.4.0.v20161219-1356.jar
--launcher.library
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_64_1.1.551.v20171108-1834
-showsplash
# START: change jre version, not using the one in %JAVA_HOME%
-vm 
D:\ArPortable\Java\jdk1.8.0_171\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll
# END
# JVM settings
-vmargs
-XX:+IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions
--add-modules=ALL-SYSTEM
-Xms64m
-Xmx1024m
# time zone
-Duser.timezone=UTC
# language
-Duser.language=en

Answer 6

DBeaver uses the time in the computer that is installed, so changing the clock and restarting DBeaver works. But there is a way to do it only for DBeaver instead.

• Close DBeaver.

• Go to the DBeaver shortcut. Probably it is here:

  C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\DBeaver

• Right-click on it, choose Properties and in the Target box add -vmargs -Duser.timezone=UTC to the end, resulting in something like this:

  "C:\Program Files\DBeaver\dbeaver.exe" -vmargs -Duser.timezone=UTC

• Start DBeaver and the times now appear in UTC.