Paul Grinberg wrote: > Gives me correct date: > [ctpsmg11-dcdhealth@/opt/app/dcdhealth] # TZ=EDT+150 date > Wed Jul 22 12:27:15 EDT 2009 > > Gives me incorrect date: > [ctpsmg11-dcdhealth@/opt/app/dcdhealth] # TZ=EDT+172 date > Tue Jul 28 18:27:09 GMT 2009 > > Basically I cannot go back more than 6 days...
You have specified an invalid timezone. Timezones are only defined from 0 through 23 hours 59 seconds which is sufficient to define all existing timezones. Please see the GNU C manual for a complete specification of the timezone using the TZ variable. http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/libc.html#TZ-Variable The offset specifies the time value you must add to the local time to get a Coordinated Universal Time value. It has syntax like [+|-]hh[:mm[:ss]]. This is positive if the local time zone is west of the Prime Meridian and negative if it is east. The hour must be between 0 and 23, and the minute and seconds between 0 and 59. If you are trying to do math calculations using date then it is better to use date's relative time feature. $ date -R --date="-14 days" Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:04:43 -0600 Bob _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
