Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 10:26:51 -0600 From: Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need explaination for `date` command ! Message-ID: <200612161026.51929.freebsd@dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY107-F32E12AB29EF367F368697DB9CB0@phx.gbl> References: <BAY107-F32E12AB29EF367F368697DB9CB0@phx.gbl>
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On Saturday 16 December 2006 06:18, Supote Leelasuppakorn wrote: > Hi lists, > > I am currently using FreeBSD-6.1 for a while. I am in Thailand so > my time zone is GMT+7. Let say the time is 3:00 PM in Thailand. > What I would like to know is > > 1. What is the output of `date` command I should get ? > 2. What is the output of `date -u` command I should get ? > > TIA > > > ------------------------------------ > Pote :-) > ------------------------------------ > well, mine outputs like this: [jhorne@athena ~]$ date Sat Dec 16 10:23:44 CST 2006 [jhorne@athena ~]$ date -u Sat Dec 16 16:23:46 UTC 2006 (i am GMT-6, US Central Time). as you can see, the second run with the -u, added my 6 hours back on again. so, if you are GMT+7, i would assume that when you give the -u, you would show a time 7 hours earlier. hth, jonathan
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