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How do you set database timezone for MySQL database?

I tried:

ALTER DATABASE SET TIME_ZONE = 'US/Eastern';


and it's not working, i get this error:

#1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'SET TIME_ZONE = 'US/Eastern'' at line 1

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Did you mean : SET GLOBAL time_zone = 'US/Eastern';

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when I type that I now get this error:

#1227 - Access denied; you need the SUPER privilege for this operation

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I was assuming you were Dbadmin. So how about: SET time_zone = 'US/Eastern'; This will only last for as long as your session lasts!

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Yes, I am the Dbadmin, im using PhpMyadmin and when i type the above, i now get:

#1298 - Unknown or incorrect time zone: 'US/Eastern'

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