How do I make MySQL's NOW() and CURDATE() functions use UTC?

Question

I want to make it so calls to NOW() and CURDATE() in MySQL queries return the date in UTC. How do I make this happen without going through and changing all queries that use

Answer 1

Goto /etc/mysql/my.cnf file and add this below line under [mysqld] section

default-time-zone = '+00:00'

Then restart your mysql. Now select curtime(); shows the GMT time.