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Subject: Re: date(1)
In-Reply-To: <199708010451.AAA12016@whizzo.TransSys.COM> from "Louis A. Mamakos" at "Aug 1, 97 00:51:20 am"
To: louie@TransSys.COM (Louis A. Mamakos)
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 1997 14:30:00 +0930 (CST)
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Louis A. Mamakos writes:
>
>> Now here's an enhancement that I *would* like to see: specify a
>> timezone file to use.  Something like:
>>
>>   $ date -z /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Tokyo
>>
>
> Just set the TZ env var when you invoke the command:
>
> $ TZ=Asia/Tokyo date
> Fri Aug  1 13:49:34 JST 1997

Thanks.  sef got there first in a private mail, but it's just the
thing I was looking for.

Greg