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+2019-05-19 Timezone Issue in Oracle J-Connector
+
+
+After upgrading the MySql J-Connector, the following error occurs when an attempt is made to connect to a MySQL server:
+
+``
+The server time zone value 'PST' is unrecognized or represents more than one time zone. You must
+configure either the server or JDBC driver (via the serverTimezone configuration property) to use
+a more specifc time zone value if you want to utilize time zone support.
+```
+
+Affected versions:
+ 5.1.33+, 8.0.*
+ 
+ Bug Report link:
+ https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=85816
+ 
+ Online documentation that addresses this issue:
+ https://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-j/8.0/en/connector-j-other-changes.html
+