Re: Confusion with Etc/GMT-8 time zone

Amit wrote: > Currently, my time zone is set to 'America/Los_Angeles': > > $ cat /etc/timezone > America/Los_Angeles > > $ date > Mon Jan 28 11:12:01 PST 2013 It is easier to work with these by using the TZ variable while developing and debugging. It avoids the need to change anything perma

Confusion with Etc/GMT-8 time zone

Hello, This on a debian wheezy/testing system: Currently, my time zone is set to 'America/Los_Angeles': $ cat /etc/timezone America/Los_Angeles $ date Mon Jan 28 11:12:01 PST 2013 Changing it to 'Etc/GMT-8', which should be equivalent to Los Angeles's time zone results in: $ echo "Etc/GM