Bug #3783 unknown variable 'timezone=GMT'
Submitted: 16 May 2004 15:08 Modified: 16 May 2004 15:19
Reporter: Olaf van der Spek (Basic Quality Contributor) Email Updates:
Status: Not a Bug Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:MySQL 4.0.18-log OS:Linux (Debian)
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[16 May 2004 15:08] Olaf van der Spek
Description:
When I try to set the timezone to GMT, MySQL complains:
# /usr/sbin/mysqld
/usr/sbin/mysqld: ERROR: unknown variable 'timezone=GMT'

How to repeat:
/etc/mysql/my.cnf:
[mysqld]
timezone = GMT
[16 May 2004 15:19] Paul DuBois
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.mysql.com/documentation/ and the instructions on
how to report a bug at http://bugs.mysql.com/how-to-report.php

Additional info:

--timezone is an option for mysqld_safe, not mysqld.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/mysqld_safe.html

Try:

[mysqld_safe]
timezone = GMT