Re: time zone 1 hr east of

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From: Bill Marcum
Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2012 14:56

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On 07/31/2012 01:19 AM, The Derfer wrote:
> For a script I need to create file names with date embedded in them,
> and since a lot of the files arrive (the box is in CDT) after midnight
> EDT
> but just prior to it in CDT, I issue this at the top of the script:
>
> export TZ=America/New_York
>
> ... and get file names created for what (to CDT) would be the next
> day.
> Which is what I need.
>
> But that doesn't help me if the files I need to rename arrive prior to
> 11 PM CDT.
> What is the next time zone east of America/New_York (1 hour east) and
> hence,
> how would I modify the above command to reflect it?   It's the only
> easy way to
> force the script to rename files with the next day's date in it.
> Otherwise the next
> script that needs to process them will think they're the previous
> day's files and
> error out.
> Thanks in advance.
>
You could use TZ=America/Halifax, or if you have GNU date,
date -d 'now + 2 hours'

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