Currently whenever a user creates a new account, I have a Creation_date column that has datatype timestamp. Currently this timestamp reads 3 hours ahead of EST (if it’s 5PM in Boston it reads 8PM). Is there a way to change the timezone to EST? What timezone is it set to currently?
Currently whenever a user creates a new account, I have a Creation_date column that
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This has to do with MySQL’s timezone.
You can set it per connection (e.g. via PHPMyAdmin) with the following:
However, this will reset if MySQL restarts. So it is better set at the server level. Which, I assume, you can’t.
I encourage you to read more from the MySQL Docs.