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johnnyk

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I've asked this question before but have never gotten an answer:

So I want to set the timezone for MySQL. mysql.org says I should use this:
mysql> SET GLOBAL time_zone = timezone;

But what do I do with that? I tried inserting it into .htaccess and I tried using mysql_query(SET GLOBAL time_zone = timezone;) in PHP, but neither worked. What do I do?
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In the shell, if you use Linux, you could do something like this: [code]daniel@daniel:~$ mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 36 to server version: 5.0.22-Debian_0ubuntu6.06-log

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.

mysql> SET GLOBAL time_zone = '+1:00';[/code]

Or in PHP you could do it in this way: [code]<?php
$link = mysql_connect("localhost","root","password");
mysql_query("SET GLOBAL time_zone = '+1:00';");
?>[/code]

These examples will set the timezone to GMT+1 (CET).
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Assuming you're logged in as MySQL root, there should be no reason why the timezone isn't changing, unless your my.cnf file says otherwise.  GLOBAL is as opposed to SESSION, which only affects the current connection.
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