# Error logstash.inputs.jdbc Unable to connect to database

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-logstash-inputs-jdbc-unable-to-connect-to-database/177091>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [April 16, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-logstash-inputs-jdbc-unable-to-connect-to-database/177091 "2019-04-16T12:45:16Z")\
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What timezone are your timestamps recorded in in the MySQL DB?

If UTC then you can add some parameters to the jdbc connection string.

```auto
jdbc:mysql://localhost/mydb?useTimezone=true&useLegacyDatetimeCode=false&serverTimezone=UTC

```

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