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To convert time of other timezone to local time one can use:
To convert time of other timezone to local time one can use:
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<pre>
date -d '17:00 PDT'  
date -d '09:30 PDT'
    Fri Jul 19 22:00:00 IST 2013
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</pre>


Similarly to convert localtime to other timezone we can use:
Similarly to convert localtime to other timezone we can use:
<pre>
<pre>
TZ=PDT date -d '12:00 IST'  
TZ='America/Los_Angeles' date -d '09:30 IST'
    Thu Jul 18 21:00:00 PDT 2013
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</pre>
Files under /usr/share/zoneinfo can be seen to learn other possible values for TZ


Steps learned from http://www.linuxhowtos.org/Tips%20and%20Tricks/timzone_conversion.htm
Steps learned from http://www.linuxhowtos.org/Tips%20and%20Tricks/timzone_conversion.htm

Revision as of 03:59, 5 August 2013

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Converting timezone using date command

To convert time of other timezone to local time one can use:

date -d '09:30 PDT'
     Fri Jul 19 22:00:00 IST 2013

Similarly to convert localtime to other timezone we can use:

TZ='America/Los_Angeles' date -d '09:30 IST'
     Thu Jul 18 21:00:00 PDT 2013

Files under /usr/share/zoneinfo can be seen to learn other possible values for TZ

Steps learned from http://www.linuxhowtos.org/Tips%20and%20Tricks/timzone_conversion.htm