How do I change timezone with minimum impact to MySQL databases and web applications? Is that simple as: - stop Web apps - stop MySQL - rm /etc/localtime - ln /usr/share/zoneinfo/a_country/a_city /etc/localtime - reboot server.
If the new timezone has the same time (same offset compared to GMT) as the current timezone, do I still have to stop web apps, MySQL before? And do I have to reboot the server after? The reason is to avoid dealing with daylight saving. The server is hosted at a data center in different country. The server time is set to the timezone where I live. Day light saving is applicable to both the timezone of the data center and where I live. The new timezone has no day light saving. I use the built-in ntp to sync time with pool.ntp.org. OpenBSD-3.6 with latest patches. Thanks, Zoong
