[SWLUG] using 'date' with british summer time

[bascule]

and again, aha!
how weird!

cheers
bascule


On Friday 28 Nov 2003 10:05 am, Chris M. Jackson wrote:
> > 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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