Datetimes after a server timezone move
Posted by: Mark Lichtenberg
Date: December 28, 2015 02:39PM

We have a legacy database containing many DATETIME columns, and is configured in the PST timezone. We intend to migrate this database to UTC (Amazon RDS).

Using the 5.1.38 connector, a test database in UTC, and the default useLegacyDatetimeCode=true, datetime fields are fetched exactly as they had been when the database was PST. When useLegacyDatetimeCode=false, the datetimes are shifted by the 8 hour offset. I've reviewed the code and I understand why this is happening - the datetimes inserted/fetched are formatted using the server's timezone instead of the connection's timezone.

I have two questions concerning this -
1) is there connection property that would allow us to use useLegacyDatetimeCode=false but still use the local connection timezone for inserts/updates/selects?
2) what is the risk of continuing to use and rely on useLegacyDatetimeCode=true? I understand the default has been changed to false in the trunk, so how long will this option be maintained in the future?

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