Title: UTC-8 code undo
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# UTC-8 code undo

 *  Resolved [Mauro Laruccia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maurolaruccia/)
 * (@maurolaruccia)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/utc-8-code-undo/)
 * I swapped the code without wanting to UTC to UTC-8-16 of the options for writing
   and viewing my blog and started to display Asian characters which can not go 
   back and correct. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to return to the default?
   Thank you very much!
 * [http://www.maurolaruccia.adm.br/wordpress](http://www.maurolaruccia.adm.br/wordpress)

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 *  [figaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/figaro/)
 * (@figaro)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/utc-8-code-undo/#post-1158019)
 * Did you make the change in Settings/Reading? If so, just go back and change it
   to what it was.
 *  Thread Starter [Mauro Laruccia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maurolaruccia/)
 * (@maurolaruccia)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/utc-8-code-undo/#post-1158020)
 * Yes. I tried again by the browser and could not, appears only Asian characters
 *  [figaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/figaro/)
 * (@figaro)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/utc-8-code-undo/#post-1158021)
 * Does this mean you can’t login to change it? If so, then you may need to change
   it directly in the wp-options table in the database. Do you have access to, and
   know how to use, phpMyAdmin?
 *  Thread Starter [Mauro Laruccia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maurolaruccia/)
 * (@maurolaruccia)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/utc-8-code-undo/#post-1158022)
 * I tried again by the history of the Safari, appears only Asian characters
 *  Thread Starter [Mauro Laruccia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maurolaruccia/)
 * (@maurolaruccia)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/utc-8-code-undo/#post-1158024)
 * I believe I can do that. I have to make direct on the server?
 *  [jmodjeska](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmodjeska/)
 * (@jmodjeska)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/utc-8-code-undo/#post-1158027)
 * **Before you make any changes directly to your database, make a backup: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database](http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database)**
 * I believe figaro is correct; a direct change in the database may be required.
   If you can login to phpMyAdmin, or have command-line access to the MySQL database,
   you can try running this query:
 * `UPDATE wp_options SET option_value='UTF-8' WHERE option_id='36'`
 * option_id 36 is blog_charset, which is what you’re looking for. Good luck!
 *  Thread Starter [Mauro Laruccia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maurolaruccia/)
 * (@maurolaruccia)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/utc-8-code-undo/#post-1158028)
 * Figaro! Thanks a lot !!!! Works..
 *  [figaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/figaro/)
 * (@figaro)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/utc-8-code-undo/#post-1158030)
 * You’re welcome…glad you got it fixed.

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 * Last reply from: [figaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/figaro/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/utc-8-code-undo/#post-1158030)
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