Mysql timezone on windows 7 not updated

Question

I'm using Windows 7

Mysql 5.5.15

running set time_zone = "Europe/Moscow";

I get Error Number: 1298 Unknown or incorrect time zone: 'Europe/Moscow'

I update the timezone tables using the latest from here http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/timezones.html but after mysql server startup the time zone tables are still empty and the command still returns the same errors.

Does anyone faced similar problem?

Answer 1

Try:

SET GLOBAL time_zone = <timezone>;

Answer 2

I solved my problem by following this steps.

• If your MySql 5.6 or below

download timezone_2016f_posix.zip from below link and unzip then replace all files to

e.g. yourDrive:\mysql\data\mysql

or

• If your MySql 5.7+

download timezone_2016f_posix_sql.zip from below link and unzip then replace all files to

e.g. YourDrive:\mysql\data\mysql

You will get all of zip file from this link http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/timezones.html

Note: Your mysql data path will be changed depands on your mysql version or MySql setup or If you use XAMPP the your path will be like this yourdrive:\Xampp\mysql\data\mysql

Hope it will help

Answer 3

Solution:

For those who faced the same problem - here is what I found. I ran show variables like 'datadir' and found out that my data files are stored in a different folder:C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\data\

and I was replacing files in C:\Program Files... folder initially. There was also the needed files present.

So finally everything went fine.