Ubuntu: SQL time is not the same as current OS timezone

Question

Hey I tried to change my ubuntu timezone to UTC+2 and I did it. The timezone before was America/New-York and as I saw in forums SQL time must be the same as OS time, But nope.
When UTC+2 is 16:45 the SQL shows NY time (09:45)
Help is highly appreciated
Thank you very much!

Answer 1

It might be using cached timezone data. If you change the operating system timezone and have not restart the mysql service, it may use the previous timezone. Restart mysqld and run SELECT NOW(); to check.

sudo service mysql restart