How Do I Change the Time Zone of My RDS for MariaDB Instance?

You can change the time zone of an RDS for MariaDB instance only through the RDS console. You can specify a time zone during instance creation and change it after the instance is created, if required.

After the time zone parameter is modified, you need to reconnect to the instance for the modification to take effect.

To change the time zone of an RDS for MariaDB instance, perform the following steps:

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region.
3. Click in the upper left corner of the page and choose Databases > Relational Database Service.
4. On the Instances page, click the target DB instance.
5. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Parameters.
6. Search for a time zone parameter in the search box, for example, time_zone.
7. Select a time zone, and click Save.
8. In the displayed dialog box, click OK.

   For example, to change the time zone to UTC+08:00, select Asia/Shanghai from the drop-down list.