AWS RDS MySQL timezone can be changed with this handy guide by our in-house experts. Click to read more.

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Let’s take a look at how our Support Team is ready to help customers set AWS RDS MySQL timezone.

Can we change AWS RDS MySQL timezone?

All Amazon RDS MYSQL instances use UTC/GMT time by default. Although changing the time zone is optional, some of our customers prefer to do so. Our Support Team would like to point out that sticking to the UTC timezone helps us avoid having to adjust the time according to daylight savings time.

However, if you want to change the AWS RDS MySQL timezone, you have come to the right place.

How to modify AWS RDS MySQL timezone?

According to our skilled AWS Support Techs, changing the AWS RDS timezone depends on the database engine we are using.

If we are using a MySQL database, we can modify the time_zone parameter to get the job done. We can set the parameter in our database instance’s parameter group to one of the supported values seen below:

Africa/Cairo

Asia/Riyadh

Africa/Casablanca

Asia/Seoul

Africa/Harare

Asia/Shanghai

Africa/Monrovia

Asia/Singapore

Africa/Nairobi

Asia/Taipei

Africa/Tripoli

Asia/Tokyo

Asia/Tehran

Africa/Windhoek

America/Araguaina

Asia/Ulaanbaatar

America/Asuncion

Asia/Vladivostok

America/Bogota

Asia/Yakutsk

America/Buenos_Aires

America/Yerevan

America/Caracas

Atlantic/Azores

America/Chihuahua

Australia/Adelaide

America/Cuiaba

Australia/Brisbane

America/Denver

Australia/Darwin

America/Fortaleza

Australia/Perth

Australia/Hobart

America/Guatemala

America/Halifax

Australia/Sydney

America/Manaus

Brazil/East

America/Matamoros

Canada/Newfoundland

Canada/Saskatchewan

America/Montevideo

Europe/Sarajevo

Canada/Yukon

America/Phoenix

Europe/Amsterdam

America/Santiago

Europe/Athens

America/Tijuana

Europe/Dublin

Asia/Amman

Europe/Helsinki

Asia/Ashgabat

Europe/Istanbul

Asia/Baghdad

America/Monterrey

Europe/Kaliningrad

Asia/Baku

Europe/Moscow

Asia/Bangkok

Europe/Paris

Asia/Beirut

Europe/Prague

Asia/Calcutta

Asia/Damascus

Pacific/Auckland

Asia/Dhaka

Pacific/Fiji

Asia/Irkutsk

Pacific/Guam

Asia/Jerusalem

Pacific/Honolulu

Asia/Kabul

Pacific/Samoa

Asia/Karachi

US/Alaska

Asia/Kathmandu

US/Central

Asia/Krasnoyarsk

US/Eastern

Asia/Magadan

US/East-Indiana

Asia/Muscat

US/Pacific

Asia/Novosibirsk

UTC

Our AWS Support Techs would like to point out that after setting the AWS RDS timezone, all new connections to the database will reflect the new change.

Furthermore, if we have any open connections to the database during the modification, we will see the new changes come into effect only after closing the connection and opening a new one.

Moreover, we also have the option of setting a different time zone for a database instance and its read replicas. This involves using a different parameter group for the database instance and replicas and setting the time_zone parameter for each parameter group as per our requirements.

It is important to note that when we restore a database instance from a snapshot, the time zone is set to UTC by default. After the restore process is complete, we must re-set the AWS RDS timezone.

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Conclusion

In a nutshell, our skilled Support Engineers at Bobcares demonstrated how to set AWS RDS MySQL timezone.