On 04/04/2017 10:57 PM, ken wrote: > On 04/04/2017 09:22 PM, Jerry Geis 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > "man date" shows a few options: > >> %z +hhmm numeric time zone (e.g., -0400) >> >> %:z +hh:mm numeric time zone (e.g., -04:00) >> >> %::z +hh:mm:ss numeric time zone (e.g., -04:00:00) >> >> %:::z numeric time zone with : to necessary precision >> (e.g., -04, >> +05:30) >> >> %Z alphabetic time zone abbreviation (e.g., EDT) > > That is, perhaps the "other system" wants some kind of numeric > representation. Without knowing the recipient app on that other > system, this is just a guess. EST5EDT "man timezone" might also be inspiring.