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| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2023-05-07 09:16:29 -0700 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2023-05-07 09:17:27 -0700 |
| commit | 42f33ae68c579893ea0d7b151e6252b77274ccb7 (patch) | |
| tree | 28cbcdb6baf3baf06626469964c6cd3e9dfa4392 | |
| parent | 7edec89fc324aabef3f27925ccd962b801783324 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-42f33ae68c579893ea0d7b151e6252b77274ccb7.tar.gz | |
doc: time zone conversion example
* doc/coreutils.texi (Examples of date):
Give time zone conversion example.
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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index b7c6bfe42..6a693e283 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -16918,6 +16918,16 @@ date --date='1970-01-01 00:02:00 +0000' +%s 120 @end example +To convert a date string from one time zone @var{from} to another @var{to}, +specify @samp{TZ="@var{from}"} in the environment and @samp{TZ="@var{to}"} +in the @option{--date} option. @xref{Specifying time zone rules}. +For example: + +@smallexample +TZ="Asia/Tokyo" date --date='TZ="America/New_York" 2023-05-07 12:23' +Mon May @ 8 01:23:00 JST 2023 +@end smallexample + If you do not specify time zone information in the date string, @command{date} uses your computer's idea of the time zone when interpreting the string. For example, if your computer's time zone is |