The server time zone value 'CEST' is unrecognized

Question

I am using hibernate (Hibernate Maven 5.2.15.Final, Mysql-connector Maven 8.0.9-rc) whith mysql 5.7 on lampp environment on linux so.

I am in Italy (Central Europea

Answer 1

If the problem is when connecting to the db, I found the solution in the NOTE of this answer.

In your connection url use the following:

String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/mydb?serverTimezone=Europe/Rome";

This worked for me to connect with flyway and timezone Europe/Amsterdam.