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

If you're using PDO:

$offset="+10:00";
$db->exec("SET time_zone='".$offset."';");

If you're using MySQLi:

$db->MySQLi->query("SET time_zone='".$offset."';");

More about formatting the offset here: https://www.sitepoint.com/synchronize-php-mysql-timezone-configuration/