Time zone conversion using GNU date - Revision history

Hutch at 21:33, 26 August 2008

Hutch — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:33:19 GMT

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	$ '''TZ=England/London date -d '2008/08/26 21:00 +1000''''		$ '''TZ=England/London date -d '2008/08/26 21:00 +1000''''
	Tue Aug 26 11:00:00 UTC 2008		Tue Aug 26 11:00:00 UTC 2008
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	Which time zones may I choose from?		Which time zones may I choose from?
	$ '''find /usr/share/zoneinfo -type f'''		$ '''find /usr/share/zoneinfo -type f'''

Hutch at 21:32, 26 August 2008

Hutch — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:32:55 GMT

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	Tue Nov 13 14:00:00 EST 2007		Tue Nov 13 14:00:00 EST 2007

		+	What is the time in London, England, when it's 9 pm 2008/08/26 in Sydney, Australia?
		+	$ '''TZ=Australia/Sydney date +%z'''
		+	+1000
		+	$ '''TZ=England/London date -d '2008/08/26 21:00 +1000''''
		+	Tue Aug 26 11:00:00 UTC 2008
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	Which time zones may I choose from?		Which time zones may I choose from?
	$ '''find /usr/share/zoneinfo -type f'''		$ '''find /usr/share/zoneinfo -type f'''

Hutch: Time zone conversion using zdump and GNU date moved to Time zone conversion using GNU date

Hutch — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:45:51 GMT

Time zone conversion using zdump and GNU date moved to Time zone conversion using GNU date

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Hutch at 16:45, 26 March 2008

Hutch — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:45:38 GMT

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-	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''.	+	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''.

	These examples were performed on a Ubuntu system.		These examples were performed on a Ubuntu system.

Hutch at 20:26, 9 November 2007

Hutch — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:26:20 GMT

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	Which time zones may I choose from?		Which time zones may I choose from?
-	$ '''$ find /usr/share/zoneinfo -type f'''	+	$ '''find /usr/share/zoneinfo -type f'''

Hutch at 20:25, 9 November 2007

Hutch — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:25:10 GMT

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	Sat Nov 10 07:07:38 EST 2007		Sat Nov 10 07:07:38 EST 2007

-	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)	+	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 uses tomorrow's date)
	$ '''TZ=Australia/Sydney date -d '11/9/2007 21:00 CST''''		$ '''TZ=Australia/Sydney date -d '11/9/2007 21:00 CST''''
	Sat Nov 10 14:00:00 EST 2007		Sat Nov 10 14:00:00 EST 2007

Hutch at 20:24, 9 November 2007

Hutch — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:24:43 GMT

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	These examples were performed on a Ubuntu system.		These examples were performed on a Ubuntu system.
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		+	== Examples ==

	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)		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)

Hutch at 20:24, 9 November 2007

Hutch — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:24:18 GMT

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		+	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''.
		+
		+	These examples were performed on a Ubuntu system.
		+
	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)		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'''		$ '''date'''
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	$ '''TZ=Australia/Sydney date -d '11/12/2007 21:00 CST''''		$ '''TZ=Australia/Sydney date -d '11/12/2007 21:00 CST''''
	Tue Nov 13 14:00:00 EST 2007		Tue Nov 13 14:00:00 EST 2007
		+
		+	Which time zones may I choose from?
		+	$ '''$ find /usr/share/zoneinfo -type f'''

Hutch: 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...

Hutch — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:21:08 GMT

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...

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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

What is the current time in Sydney, Australia?
$ '''TZ=Australia/Sydney date'''
Sat Nov 10 07:07:38 EST 2007

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)
$ '''TZ=Australia/Sydney date -d '11/9/2007 21:00 CST''''
Sat Nov 10 14:00:00 EST 2007

What is the time in Sydney, Australia, when it's 9 pm CST on 2007/11/12?
$ '''TZ=Australia/Sydney date -d '11/12/2007 21:00 CST''''
Tue Nov 13 14:00:00 EST 2007