Re: format-time-string (was Re: time format on message citation line)

[Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>]

On Thursday, 10 Apr 2014 at 17:50, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> writes:
>
>> (defun gmm-format-time-string (format-string &optional time tz)
>>   "Use FORMAT-STRING to format the time TIME, or now if omitted.
>> The optional TZ specifies the time zone in a number of seconds,
>> a multiple of 3600; any other non-nil value will be treated as 0."
>
> $ TZ=Australia/Adelaide date +%z
> +0930

Yes, the whole issue of time zones is akin to poking a hornet's
nest...  I spent a year in Adelaide recently while working with
colleagues in London on a daily basis.  What a nightmare it was sharing
calendars, especially as the changes to/from daylight savings happen at
different times of the year so the difference between UK and Adelaide
could be 8.5, 9.5, or 10.5 hours.

And, just for fun:

$ TZ=Asia/Kathmandu date +%z
+0545

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