MySQL timezone change?

Question

How do I change my timezone which is currently in UTC to GMT +1, what is the correct line and do i just enter it in phpMyAdmin SQL execution?

My host just gave me this link http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/time-zone-support.html and went off so I'm kinda lost thanks

Answer 1

issue the command:

SET time_zone = 'America/New_York';

(Or whatever time zone GMT+1 is.: http://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php)

This is the command to set the MySQL timezone for an individual client, assuming that your clients are spread accross multiple time zones.

This command should be executed before every SQL command involving dates. If your queries go thru a class, then this is easy to implement.

Answer 2

If you have the SUPER privilege, you can set the global server time zone value at runtime with this statement:

mysql> SET GLOBAL time_zone = timezone;