Can Tme Zone be changed for date command?

pjb · Oct 31, 2003

Is there a way to retrieve the current time from the date command for a different time zone?

jad · Oct 31, 2003

just set the TZ variable:
in csh:
setenv TZ gb
in [k]sh:
TZ=gb export TZ

then run 'date'

pjb · Oct 31, 2003

Thanks,

Do you happen to know what the vaues are for eastern and central?

PHV · Oct 31, 2003

For Eastern Standard Time do:

Code:

TZ=EST5 date

The syntax (simplified) for TZ is 3 letters followed by the number of hours past GMT.

Hope This Help
PH.

pjb · Oct 31, 2003

Thanks,

Looks like even one letter will work. This gives me eastern time also:

TZ=x5 date '+%r'