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How to handle timezone differences in MySQL?

Posted on May 27, 2026, 7:24 am • 891 Views

Posted on May 27, 2026, 7:24 am

Users are posting from different countries, but all my timestamps are saving in my local server time.

Replied on May 29, 2026, 6:42 am

Store absolutely everything in the database as UTC. Convert the UTC timestamp to the user's local timezone only at the presentation layer (using PHP DateTime or JavaScript).

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