How Can I Retrieve MySQL's Current Time Zone Setting?

Retrieving Time Zone Information in MySQL

Question:

Can MySQL provide information about its current time zone setting?

Response:

Yes, you can obtain the global and session-specific time zones using the following query:

SELECT @@global.time_zone, @@session.time_zone;

However, the response returned by MySQL may not be helpful if the system timezone is set to SYSTEM.

Additional Clarification:

While knowing the server's time zone can be useful for operations like now() and unix_timestamp(), it does not provide insights into the time zone of stored data. To guarantee accuracy, dates and times in the database should be stored in GMT (which does not observe Daylight Savings Time) and converted to the desired time zone when necessary.

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