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

You will need to use the SET TIMESTAMP statement to format the datetime results in the desired format. This will mean changing all those queries. sysdate() will not obey this though.