docs/sql-ref-syntax-aux-conf-mgmt-set-timezone.md

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### Description

The SET TIME ZONE command sets the time zone of the current session.

### Syntax

```sql
SET TIME ZONE LOCAL
SET TIME ZONE 'timezone_value'
SET TIME ZONE INTERVAL interval_literal
```

### Parameters

* **LOCAL**

    Set the time zone to the one specified in the java `user.timezone` property, or to the environment variable `TZ` if `user.timezone` is undefined, or to the system time zone if both of them are undefined.

* **timezone_value**

    The ID of session local timezone in the format of either region-based zone IDs or zone offsets. Region IDs must have the form 'area/city', such as 'America/Los_Angeles'. Zone offsets must be in the format '`(+|-)HH`', '`(+|-)HH:mm`' or '`(+|-)HH:mm:ss`', e.g '-08', '+01:00' or '-13:33:33'. Also, 'UTC' and 'Z' are supported as aliases of '+00:00'. Other short names are not recommended to use because they can be ambiguous.

* **interval_literal**

    The [interval literal](sql-ref-literals.html#interval-literal) represents the difference between the session time zone to the 'UTC'. It must be in the range of [-18, 18] hours and max to second precision, e.g. `INTERVAL 2 HOURS 30 MINUTES` or `INTERVAL '15:40:32' HOUR TO SECOND`.

### Examples

```sql
-- Set time zone to the system default.
SET TIME ZONE LOCAL;

-- Set time zone to the region-based zone ID.
SET TIME ZONE 'America/Los_Angeles';

-- Set time zone to the Zone offset.
SET TIME ZONE '+08:00';

-- Set time zone with intervals.
SET TIME ZONE INTERVAL 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES;
SET TIME ZONE INTERVAL '08:30:00' HOUR TO SECOND;
```

### Related Statements

* [SET](sql-ref-syntax-aux-conf-mgmt-set.html)