> Yes. I think you will find this is all described in the manual at > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/Specifying-time-zone-rules.html
""" ‘TZ="<+0530>-5:30"’ says that the time zone abbreviation is ‘+0530’ and the time zone is 5 hours 30 minutes east of Greenwich. """ The negative means east in "-5:30". But why is time zone abbreviation "<+0530>" positive? This is confusing. Why not make them consistent? -- Regards, Peng