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<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 21:33, 26 August 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 26:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 26:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> $ '''TZ=England/London date -d '2008/08/26 21:00 +1000''''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> $ '''TZ=England/London date -d '2008/08/26 21:00 +1000''''</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> Tue Aug 26 11:00:00 UTC 2008</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> Tue Aug 26 11:00:00 UTC 2008</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Which time zones may I choose from?</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Which time zones may I choose from?</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> $ '''find /usr/share/zoneinfo -type f'''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> $ '''find /usr/share/zoneinfo -type f'''</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 21:32, 26 August 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 21:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 21:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> Tue Nov 13 14:00:00 EST 2007</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> Tue Nov 13 14:00:00 EST 2007</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>What is the time in London, England, when it's 9 pm 2008/08/26 in Sydney, Australia?</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> $ '''TZ=Australia/Sydney date +%z'''</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> +1000</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> $ '''TZ=England/London date -d '2008/08/26 21:00 +1000''''</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> Tue Aug 26 11:00:00 UTC 2008</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Which time zones may I choose from?</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Which time zones may I choose from?</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> $ '''find /usr/share/zoneinfo -type f'''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> $ '''find /usr/share/zoneinfo -type f'''</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p><a href="/wiki/Time_zone_conversion_using_zdump_and_GNU_date" title="Time zone conversion using zdump and GNU date">Time zone conversion using zdump and GNU date</a> moved to <a href="/wiki/Time_zone_conversion_using_GNU_date" title="Time zone conversion using GNU date">Time zone conversion using GNU date</a></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 16:45, 26 March 2008</td> </tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 16:45, 26 March 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>There are excellent Web-based time zone converters[http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html], but it is easy to do on a UNIX system using <del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''zdump'' and </del>''GNU date''.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>There are excellent Web-based time zone converters[http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html], but it is easy to do on a UNIX system using ''GNU date''.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>These examples were performed on a Ubuntu system.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>These examples were performed on a Ubuntu system.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 20:26, 9 November 2007</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 22:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 22:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Which time zones may I choose from?</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Which time zones may I choose from?</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> $ '''<del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">$ </del>find /usr/share/zoneinfo -type f'''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> $ '''find /usr/share/zoneinfo -type f'''</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 20:25, 9 November 2007</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 13:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 13:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> Sat Nov 10 07:07:38 EST 2007</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> Sat Nov 10 07:07:38 EST 2007</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>What is the time in Sydney, Australia, when it's 9 pm CST today? (If you don't specify the current date after '''-d''', it <del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">seems to always choose </del>tomorrow's date)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>What is the time in Sydney, Australia, when it's 9 pm CST today? (If you don't specify the current date after '''-d''', it <ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">uses </ins>tomorrow's date)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> $ '''TZ=Australia/Sydney date -d '11/9/2007 21:00 CST''''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> $ '''TZ=Australia/Sydney date -d '11/9/2007 21:00 CST''''</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> Sat Nov 10 14:00:00 EST 2007</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> Sat Nov 10 14:00:00 EST 2007</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 20:24, 9 November 2007</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>These examples were performed on a Ubuntu system.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>These examples were performed on a Ubuntu system.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Examples ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>What is the current time in the system-wide timezone? (I don't have the TZ environment variable set, so I'm using the system-wide timezone)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>What is the current time in the system-wide timezone? (I don't have the TZ environment variable set, so I'm using the system-wide timezone)</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 20:24, 9 November 2007</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>There are excellent Web-based time zone converters[http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html], but it is easy to do on a UNIX system using ''zdump'' and ''GNU date''.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>These examples were performed on a Ubuntu system.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>What is the current time in the system-wide timezone? (I don't have the TZ environment variable set, so I'm using the system-wide timezone)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>What is the current time in the system-wide timezone? (I don't have the TZ environment variable set, so I'm using the system-wide timezone)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> $ '''date'''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> $ '''date'''</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 14:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 18:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> $ '''TZ=Australia/Sydney date -d '11/12/2007 21:00 CST''''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> $ '''TZ=Australia/Sydney date -d '11/12/2007 21:00 CST''''</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> Tue Nov 13 14:00:00 EST 2007</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> Tue Nov 13 14:00:00 EST 2007</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Which time zones may I choose from?</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> $ '''$ find /usr/share/zoneinfo -type f'''</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p>New page: What is the current time in the system-wide timezone? (I don't have the TZ environment variable set, so I'm using the system-wide timezone) $ '''date''' Fri Nov 9 14:06:15 CST 2007 Wha...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>What is the current time in the system-wide timezone? (I don't have the TZ environment variable set, so I'm using the system-wide timezone)<br /> $ '''date'''<br /> Fri Nov 9 14:06:15 CST 2007<br /> <br /> What is the current time in Sydney, Australia?<br /> $ '''TZ=Australia/Sydney date'''<br /> Sat Nov 10 07:07:38 EST 2007<br /> <br /> What is the time in Sydney, Australia, when it's 9 pm CST today? (If you don't specify the current date after '''-d''', it seems to always choose tomorrow's date)<br /> $ '''TZ=Australia/Sydney date -d '11/9/2007 21:00 CST''''<br /> Sat Nov 10 14:00:00 EST 2007<br /> <br /> What is the time in Sydney, Australia, when it's 9 pm CST on 2007/11/12?<br /> $ '''TZ=Australia/Sydney date -d '11/12/2007 21:00 CST''''<br /> Tue Nov 13 14:00:00 EST 2007</div>

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