By GSDynamicsDO
I’ve searched the docs and forums regarding the forementioned subject, but I can’t seem to find a way to set the global timezone for my managed database to UTC -05:00. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hey @GSDynamicsDO,
Unfortunately at this time, it seems that you can’t set this yourself rather annoyingly.
However, if you create a support ticket, our teams can manually set it for you :) Please note that changing the timezone will affect the whole cluster.
You can reach out to our support team via https://www.digitalocean.com/support/
Hope that helps! - Matt.
Hello @rajkishore
You can check this question that was previously asked in our community:
The easiest way to do this now is via the DigitalOcean API.
First, use a GET request to get a list of your databases, and take the ID of the database you’re looking to change the settings for.
Then, use this API call: https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/api-reference/#operation/databases_patch_config
Using your auth token and the body:
- {"config": { "default_time_zone": "Europe/London" }} <-- Change the timezone as you wish.
This should set the timezone for your server 👍
Regards
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