How to change the system timezone in Snowflake?

You should be able to change the default timezone for the account with "ACCOUNTADMIN" role using an Alter account statement:

First, verify your present timezone:

show parameters like 'TIMEZONE%' in account;

Change the timezone:

alter account set timezone = 'Europe/Helsinki';

Verify if it is working:

show parameters like 'TIMEZONE%' in account;

DataFreak

posted on 23 Oct 18

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