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bashshelldatetimeunix
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Reputation: 55

Unix Shell Script Time Zone BST Or GMT

This is what i'm trying to do:

I want to create a simple shell script that checks the current timezone in the UK. i.e. BST or GMT.

I only can display the time for the current timezone the UK is in. i.e. UK is in GMT right now and I can only display that time. [TZ=GMT date]

Please note: I do not wish to permanently modify the UNIX time zone on the server (currently CET)

Based on that I need to do some calculations (which I'm fine with) I have already searched and I cannot find anything specific to this problem. Thank you for your help

Upvotes: 0

Views: 5003

Answers (1)

Sobrique
Sobrique

Reputation: 53498

To get the date for a particular timezone, you can do:

TZ=GMT date

(Or date +%s if you want epoch format, which is also TZ independent, but altogether friendlier for calculations. ).

For what it is now, relative time I think it's as simple as:

TZ=Europe/London date

Which I think should cause your system to report BST/GMT appropriately.

If you want it to specifically report the offset, you can use the %z format specifier:

TZ=Europe/London date +"%Y%m%d %H:%M:%S %z"

Upvotes: 1

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