Does MySQL’s NOW() follow the system’s timezone or some standard like GMT or UTC?
Does MySQL’s NOW() follow the system’s timezone or some standard like GMT or UTC?
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Does MySQL’s NOW() follow the system’s timezone or some standard like GMT or UTC?
It’s in the current time zone. From the 5.1 docs:
Now “the current time zone” can mean different things:
More details are in the 5.1 time zone documentation.
(The 5.4 docs look the same for these bits. Obviously consult the docs for the version you’re running for the best possible information.)