Date: Wednesday, April 05, 2017 13:15:19 -0400 From: Brian Mathis brian.mathis+centos@betteradmin.com
On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 9:22 PM, Jerry Geis jerry.geis@gmail.com wrote:
When I do the date +%Z I get the timezone. Which currently is EDT.
I am sending information to another system, that says EDT is not a valid timezone. I have no way to modify the other system.
My question is - is there a way to get the non-day-lite savings time zone ? For example EST is valid - EDT is not.
Just curious if there is an easy way already present to get a standard time zone.
Thanks, - I know weird situation the other end not supported EDT.
Jerry
Communication of time values should use UTC, not a specific time zone, unless the remote side needs to know the time zone for a specific reason.
To get the time in a different zone, use the TZ environment var: TZ=UTC date
~ Brian Mathis @orev
Or, if for some reason you want to pass the timezone, use the GMT offset (e.g., -0400) rather than the three-letter abbreviations that, as noted earlier, aren't unique.
A better description of the context for this might also result in more focused responses.