Determine in MySQL if we are in summer time or winter time (daylight saving time, DST)

oli.sennhauser@fromdual.com (Oli Sennhauser) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:24:00 +0000

Recently a colleague at Sun was asking me if MySQL can tell him to determine if we are currently in summer time or winter time. He was doing some data analysis of his house where he has installed solar panels.

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Determine in MySQL if we are in summer time or winter time (daylight saving time, DST)