[SWLUG] using 'date' with british summer time

[Chris M. Jackson]

On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, bascule wrote:

> oddly, i also can't explain the following results either:
> [bascule at mycroft scripts]$ date -d '00:00:00 1970-01-01' +%s
> -3600
> [bascule at mycroft scripts]$ date -d '00:00:00 1970-01-01 UTC' +%s
> 0
> [bascule at mycroft scripts]$ date -d '00:00:00 1970-01-01 BST' +%s
> -3600
> [bascule at mycroft scripts]$ date
> Fri Nov 28 00:52:04 GMT 2003
> [bascule at mycroft scripts]$
> given that the current timezone is gmt how come i get -3600 for the first 
> result?

As part of a bizarre experiment, when the clocks went forward in March 
1968, they stayed that way until October 1971.  Or Something(TM).  So, at 
the time of the Epoch (midnight UTC 01/01/1970), UK time was 01:00, not 00:00.

HTH

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