MySql - SELECT TimeStamp Column in UTC format

Question

In my Mysql 5.0 DB I have a column to control LastUpdated information. The Column is a TimeStamp one and MySql automatic updates data.

I\'m trying to select this co

Answer 1

Besides changing the default timezone of the server, the timezone can also be adjusted per connection by executing this SQL statement:

SET time_zone = timezone;

Where timezone is the name of the timezone (see MySQL docs).

Alternatively, you can also convert a timestamp to a different timezone using the CONVERT_TZ function.

Answer 2

I needed to alter this to add the "Z" at the end of other things (i.e. like jQuery timeago) knew the time was UTC:

SELECT 
CONCAT(CONVERT_TZ(`timestamp_field`, @@session.time_zone, '+00:00'), 'Z') 
     AS `utc_datetime` 
FROM `table_name`

Answer 3

SELECT 
CONVERT_TZ(`timestamp_field`, @@session.time_zone, '+00:00') AS `utc_datetime` 
FROM `table_name`

I made a cheatsheet here: Should MySQL have its timezone set to UTC?