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Old 04-13-2015
Date Time Zone Conversion-updated (new problem)
I am trying to convert local time to time in Ireland. Instead it is going the opposite direction (taking the local time as it if were in Ireland and displaying that the time would be here).

Code:
$ echo "$TZ"; date; date --date='TZ="Europe/Dublin" '"$(date)"
America/Phoenix
Mon, Apr 13, 2015 15:20:05
Mon, Apr 13, 2015 07:20:05

It is actually 23:20 in Ireland.
Anyone have any ideas?

Mike
Last edited by Michael Stora; 04-13-2015 at 08:20 PM..
# 2  
Old 04-13-2015
It is unclear why you want to convert your local time to the time in Ireland. If what you really want is to display the current time in Ireland, the proper command would be:

Code:
TZ="Europe/Dublin" date

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Michael Stora
# 3  
Old 04-13-2015
Try:

Code:
$ TZ="Europe/Dublin" date
Mon, Apr 13, 2015 11:27:51 PM

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Michael Stora
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Old 04-13-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by jlliagre
It is unclear why you want to convert your local time to the time in Ireland. If what you really want is to display the current time in Ireland, the proper command would be:

Code:
TZ="Europe/Dublin" date

That was just for the example. I am actually converting a date read from a text document.

Thanks to both of you.

Mike

---------- Post updated at 03:50 PM ---------- Previous update was at 03:42 PM ----------

Opps! Not working in my script to convert a known date.

Code:
$ TZ="Europe/Dublin" date
Mon, Apr 13, 2015 23:48:19

TZ="Europe/Dublin" date --date='Mon, Apr 13, 2015 23:48:19'
Mon, Apr 13, 2015 23:48:19

Mike

---------- Post updated at 04:03 PM ---------- Previous update was at 03:50 PM ----------

Getting closer. My initial thinking was not far off. I am one hour short of the mark.

Code:
$ TZ="Europe/Dublin" date --date='TZ="America/Phoenix" Mon, Apr 13, 2015 16:01:00'
Tue, Apr 14, 2015 00:01:00

Is there a bug in date? The tz database lists Americas/Phoenix as UTC -7:00, UTC DST -07:00 and Eurpoe/Dublin as UTC +00:00, UTC DST +01:00.

Mike
Last edited by Michael Stora; 04-13-2015 at 08:16 PM..
# 5  
Old 04-13-2015
Ireland is currently UTC+1 while Phoenix is UTC+7 so the date displayed is correct.
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Michael Stora
# 6  
Old 04-13-2015
Thanks. Time zone is very picky about when it needs quotes (leaving them out often brakes it). In my case adding extras was causing it to revert to UTC without warning.

Code:
$ timeZone='"Europe/Dublin"'

$ TZ="$timeZone" date --date='TZ="America/Phoenix" 04/13/2015  04:44 PM'
Mon, Apr 13, 2015 23:44:00

$ timeZone='Europe/Dublin'

$ TZ="$timeZone" date --date='TZ="America/Phoenix" 04/13/2015  04:44 PM'
Tue, Apr 14, 2015 00:44:00

Mike
# 7  
Old 04-13-2015
There is actually no need to quote them at all anywhere.
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