DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1; show variables like "system_time_zone"; Variable_name Value system_time_zone MET select @a:=FROM_UNIXTIME(1); @a:=FROM_UNIXTIME(1) 1970-01-01 01:00:01 select unix_timestamp(@a); unix_timestamp(@a) 1.000000 CREATE TABLE t1 (ts int); INSERT INTO t1 (ts) VALUES (Unix_timestamp('2002-10-27 01:00')); INSERT INTO t1 (ts) VALUES (Unix_timestamp('2002-10-27 02:00')); INSERT INTO t1 (ts) VALUES (Unix_timestamp('2002-10-27 03:00')); INSERT INTO t1 (ts) VALUES (Unix_timestamp('2002-10-27 02:00')); INSERT INTO t1 (ts) VALUES (Unix_timestamp('2002-10-27 01:00')); INSERT INTO t1 (ts) VALUES (Unix_timestamp('2002-10-27 02:00')); INSERT INTO t1 (ts) VALUES (Unix_timestamp('2003-03-30 02:59:59')); INSERT INTO t1 (ts) VALUES (Unix_timestamp('2003-03-30 03:00:00')); INSERT INTO t1 (ts) VALUES (Unix_timestamp('2003-03-30 03:59:59')); INSERT INTO t1 (ts) VALUES (Unix_timestamp('2003-03-30 04:00:01')); SELECT ts,from_unixtime(ts) FROM t1; ts from_unixtime(ts) 1035673200 2002-10-27 01:00:00 1035680400 2002-10-27 02:00:00 1035684000 2002-10-27 03:00:00 1035680400 2002-10-27 02:00:00 1035673200 2002-10-27 01:00:00 1035680400 2002-10-27 02:00:00 1048986000 2003-03-30 03:00:00 1048986000 2003-03-30 03:00:00 1048989599 2003-03-30 03:59:59 1048989601 2003-03-30 04:00:01 DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1 (ts timestamp); INSERT INTO t1 (ts) VALUES ('2003-03-30 01:59:59'), ('2003-03-30 02:59:59'), ('2003-03-30 03:00:00'); Warnings: Warning 1299 Invalid TIMESTAMP value in column 'ts' at row 2 DROP TABLE t1; select unix_timestamp('1970-01-01 01:00:00'), unix_timestamp('1970-01-01 01:00:01'), unix_timestamp('2038-01-19 04:14:07'), unix_timestamp('2038-01-19 04:14:08'); unix_timestamp('1970-01-01 01:00:00') unix_timestamp('1970-01-01 01:00:01') unix_timestamp('2038-01-19 04:14:07') unix_timestamp('2038-01-19 04:14:08') 0.000000 1.000000 2147483647.000000 NULL select unix_timestamp('1969-12-31 23:59:59'), unix_timestamp('1970-01-01 00:00:00'), unix_timestamp('1970-01-01 00:59:59'); unix_timestamp('1969-12-31 23:59:59') unix_timestamp('1970-01-01 00:00:00') unix_timestamp('1970-01-01 00:59:59') NULL NULL NULL