MySQL JDBC Driver 5.1.33 - Time Zone Issue

Question

Some background:

I have a Java 1.6 webapp running on Tomcat 7. The database is MySQL 5.5. Previously, I was using Mysql JDBC driver 5.1.23 to connect to the DB. Ever

Answer 1

From mysql workbench run the following sql statements:

1. SET @@global.time_zone = '+00:00';
2. SET @@session.time_zone = '+00:00';

with the following sql statements check if the values were set:

SELECT @@global.time_zone, @@session.time_zone;