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balug:covid-19 [2021-11-07T18:06:53+0000] michael_paoli updated last verified (still) having virtual meetings for various local [L[UGs/SIG(s) |
balug:covid-19 [2021-11-15T03:32:27+0000] rick_moen [Timezone Conversion] |
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- | Quoting //must be as shown//, and timezone //names// must be correct, or you will get errors or (worse) silent ignoring of the provided timezone qualifier. | + | Quoting //must be as shown//, and timezone //names// must be correct, or you will get errors or (worse) silent ignoring of the provided timezone qualifier. Use [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#List]|canonical TZ database names]]. Do //not// use familiar 3- or 4-letter shortcut names like PST and PDT, which are neither unique nor standardised -- nor UTC offsets like UTC-8, which have Daylight Saving Time vs. Standard Time problems. |
(As people have asked: No, BSD date(1), as available on MacOS X, cannot do this work, for lack of the -d option.) | (As people have asked: No, BSD date(1), as available on MacOS X, cannot do this work, for lack of the -d option.) |