This topic describes how to change the character set collation and the time zone of system databases. System databases include master, msdb, tempdb, and model.
- The default character set collation is Chinese_PRC_CI_AS.
- The default time zone is China Standard Time.
- You can view the available character set collations and time zones in the console.
Prerequisites
- The instance runs one of the following SQL Server versions:
- SQL Server 2019
- SQL Server 2017
- SQL Server 2016
- SQL Server 2012
- SQL Server 2008 R2 (with cloud disks)
- No database other than system databases exists in the instance.
Note If you have just deleted databases from the instance, the deletion task may be pending in the secondary instance. Before you change the character set collation and the time zone, make sure that neither the primary instance nor the secondary instance contains databases.
Precautions
The instance is in the unavailable state during the change process. It takes about 1 minute to change the time zone, and 2 to 10 minutes to change the character set collation.
Procedure
- Log on to the ApsaraDB for RDS console.
- In the upper-left corner of the page, select the region where the target RDS instance
resides.
- Find the target RDS instance and click the instance ID.
- In the left-side navigation pane, click Databases.
- On the Databases page, click Change Character Set Collation and Time Zone.
Note If you fail to find this button on the page, make sure that requirements in Prerequisites are met.
- In the dialog box that appears, select a time zone, character set collation, or both
of them, and click OK.
- Go to the Basic Information page and view the new character set collation and time zone.
UTC offsets of time zones
| Time zone | UTC offset | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan Standard Time | (UTC+04:30) | Kabul |
| Alaskan Standard Time | (UTC-09:00) | Alaska |
| Arabian Standard Time | (UTC+04:00) | Abu Dhabi and Muscat |
| Atlantic Standard Time | (UTC-04:00) | Atlantic Time (Canada) |
| AUS Central Standard Time | (UTC+09:30) | Darwin |
| AUS Eastern Standard Time | (UTC+10:00) | Canberra, Melbourne, and Sydney |
| Belarus Standard Time | (UTC+03:00) | Minsk |
| Canada Central Standard Time | (UTC-06:00) | Saskatchewan |
| Cape Verde Standard Time | (UTC-01:00) | Cabo Verde Is. |
| Cen. Australia Standard Time | (UTC+09:30) | Adelaide |
| Central America Standard Time | (UTC-06:00) | Central America |
| Central Asia Standard Time | (UTC+06:00) | Astana |
| Central Brazilian Standard Time | (UTC-04:00) | Cuiaba |
| Central Europe Standard Time | (UTC+01:00) | Belgrade, Bratislava, Budapest, Ljubljana, and Prague |
| Central European Standard Time | (UTC+01:00) | Sarajevo, Skopje, Warsaw, and Zagreb |
| Central Pacific Standard Time | (UTC+11:00) | Solomon Islands and New Caledonia |
| Central Standard Time | (UTC-06:00) | Central Time (US and Canada) |
| Central Standard Time (Mexico) | (UTC-06:00) | Guadalajara, Mexico City, and Monterrey |
| China Standard Time | (UTC+08:00) | Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, and Urumqi |
| E. Africa Standard Time | (UTC+03:00) | Nairobi |
| E. Australia Standard Time | (UTC+10:00) | Brisbane |
| E. Europe Standard Time | (UTC+02:00) | Chisinau |
| E. South America Standard Time | (UTC-03:00) | Brasilia |
| Eastern Standard Time | (UTC-05:00) | Eastern Time (US and Canada) |
| Georgian Standard Time | (UTC+04:00) | Tbilisi |
| GMT Standard Time | (UTC) | Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, and London |
| Greenland Standard Time | (UTC-03:00) | Greenland |
| Greenwich Standard Time | (UTC) | Monrovia and Reykjavik |
| GTB Standard Time | (UTC+02:00) | Athens and Bucharest |
| Hawaiian Standard Time | (UTC-10:00) | Hawaii |
| India Standard Time | (UTC+05:30) | Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, and New Delhi |
| Jordan Standard Time | (UTC+02:00) | Amman |
| Korea Standard Time | (UTC+09:00) | Seoul |
| Middle East Standard Time | (UTC+02:00) | Beirut |
| Mountain Standard Time | (UTC-07:00) | Mountain Time (US and Canada) |
| Mountain Standard Time (Mexico) | (UTC-07:00) | Chihuahua, La Paz, and Mazatlan |
| US Mountain Standard Time | (UTC-07:00) | Arizona |
| New Zealand Standard Time | (UTC+12:00) | Auckland and Wellington |
| Newfoundland Standard Time | (UTC-03:30) | Newfoundland |
| Pacific SA Standard Time | (UTC-03:00) | Santiago |
| Pacific Standard Time | (UTC-08:00) | Pacific Time (US and Canada) |
| Pacific Standard Time (Mexico) | (UTC-08:00) | Baja California |
| Russian Standard Time | (UTC+03:00) | Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Volgograd |
| SA Pacific Standard Time | (UTC-05:00) | Bogota, Lima, Quito, and Rio Branco |
| SE Asia Standard Time | (UTC+07:00) | Bangkok, Hanoi, and Jakarta |
| China Standard Time | (UTC+08:00) | Kuala Lumpur and Singapore |
| Tokyo Standard Time | (UTC+09:00) | Osaka, Sapporo, and Tokyo |
| US Eastern Standard Time | (UTC-05:00) | Indiana (East) |
| UTC | UTC | Coordinated Universal Time |
| UTC-02 | (UTC-02:00) | Coordinated Universal Time-02 |
| UTC-08 | (UTC-08:00) | Coordinated Universal Time-08 |
| UTC-09 | (UTC-09:00) | Coordinated Universal Time-09 |
| UTC-11 | (UTC-11:00) | Coordinated Universal Time-11 |
| UTC+12 | (UTC+12:00) | Coordinated Universal Time+12 |
| W. Australia Standard Time | (UTC+08:00) | Perth |
| W. Central Africa Standard Time | (UTC+01:00) | West Central Africa |
| W. Europe Standard Time | (UTC+01:00) | Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, and Vienna |