title: Setting up timezones in mysql
body: <p>I'm a MySQL/WAMP newbie attempting to set up timezones so that I could follow along with a course on the topic, but then I started having troubles when the instructions I was being given didn't correspond to the info on the MySQL page from which I was to download the setup file, <a href="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/mysql-tzinfo-to-sql.html" rel="nofollow">http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/mysql-tzinfo-to-sql.html</a>.</p>
  
  <p>Can anyone tell me why, when I attempt to run this command from the mysql command prompt:</p>
  
  <pre><code> mysql -u root mysql &lt; C:/timezone_posix.sql;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I get this error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'mysql
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>BTW, I've tried that with both forward and backward slashes, with and without quotes, etc., from my WAMP 5.6.17, MySQL command prompt, and the file in question is the posix (not isam) version that corresponds to the MySQL version on a windows machine.</p>