date command time correction

From: Tom Lepkowski (tlep_at_post.harvard.edu)
Date: 08/29/03

  • Next message: Barry Margolin: "Re: date command time correction" 
    Date: 29 Aug 2003 08:55:04 -0700

    Hello,

    Saying date -d EDT will not work b/c EDT is ambiguous.

    My unix machine provides the date in UTC . What is the date argument
    to add or subtract hours from date output?

    Output:
    [me@server home]$ date
    Fri Aug 29 15:50:01 UTC 2003

    I need date to print "Fri Aug 29 11:50:01 EDT 2003"

    So, besides formatting (which I can do) I need to subtract 6 hours.

    Thanks for any help.
    -Tom

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