dbTimeZone

The time zone of the instance. This parameter takes effect only when you set the Engine parameter to MySQL or PostgreSQL.

• If you set the Engine parameter to MySQL.

• This time zone of the instance is in UTC. Valid values: -12:59 to +13:00.

• You can specify this parameter when the instance is equipped with local SSDs. For example, you can specify the time zone to Asia/Hong_Kong. For more information about time zones, see Time zones.

• If you set the Engine parameter to PostgreSQL.

• This time zone of the instance is not in UTC. For more information about time zones, see Time zones.

• You can specify this parameter only when the instance is equipped with standard SSDs or ESSDs.

NOTE:

• You can specify the time zone when you create a primary instance. You cannot specify the time zone when you create a read-only instance. Read-only instances inherit the time zone of their primary instance.

• If you do not specify this parameter, the system assigns the default time zone of the region where the instance resides.