Changing the connection timezone in MySQL - mysql

Question

My server is running in MDT
So I used following one to convert EST
SET time_zone = '-5:00'
But, how can I switch it to EDT because
While `EST` is only valid in winter, while in summer how to change it to `EDT`
I just try to used named time zone. But I am getting following error
#1298 - Unknown or incorrect time zone: 'America/Toronto'
I don't understand how to solve this problem
How can i switch
UTC -05 TO UTC-04

Answer 1

For Linux, BSD, and Mac OS X if you need to load the timezone table do this:
$ mysql_tzinfo_to_sql /usr/share/zoneinfo | mysql -uroot mysql

Answer 2

Since you're using Windows, your going to have to import the time zone description tables to your MySQL server.
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/timezones.html

Answer 3

For me on Windows using WampServer:
download the POSIX version from https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/timezones.html
unzip it
put all files in wamp mysql data: C:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.7.11\data\mysql
restart wamp
More Info:
“To use a time zone package that contains .frm, .MYD, and .MYI files for the MyISAM time zone tables, download and unpack it. These table files are part of the mysql database, so you should place the files in the mysqlsubdirectory of your MySQL server's data directory. Stop the server before doing this and restart it afterward”
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/time-zone-support.html#time-zone-installation

Answer 4

In case of Mysql8 and want to set EDT timezone 'America/New_York' then follow the below steps:
Go to the /etc/my.cnf
Add this under [mysqld]
default-time-zone='America/New_York'
systemctl restart mysqld
If you face the issue realted fatal error like this:
Fatal error: Illegal or unknown default time zone
Then do the following steps:
first remove the entry from /etc/my.cnf file for default-time-zone='America/New_York'
Go to shell(exit from mysql) and run the command
$ mysql_tzinfo_to_sql /usr/share/zoneinfo | mysql -u root -p mysql
Add the line again
Restart mysql

Answer 5

Have you tried using a zoneinfo name such as "America/New_York" instead of the abbreviation (which is only valid for half the time)?
Ideally, you shouldn't use the server time zone at all of course - store dates in UTC and then convert it to the appropriate time zone in the client code. (This does depend on what you're storing, mind you. Future date/time values specified by a user with a time zone should be stored that way, not converted to any other time zone, in case the rules change between now and the future date/time. But for instants in time recorded by machines, e.g. for logging, transactions etc, I'd definitely store UTC. I would never suggest storing "just the local time and assume that the server and the client have the same rules".)

Answer 6

Just for the sake of completeness, Mac users can find mysql_tzinfo_to_sql utility in /usr/local/mysql/bin directory.
Hence the complete command will be /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_tzinfo_to_sql /usr/share/zoneinfo | ./mysql -p -u root mysql
I spent hours to find the utility, the above path may save yours!