Re: How to get the current time in time zone represented by strings like +0100?

[Peng Yu]

> 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?


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Regards,
Peng