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Ruby

Posted by Megan Weber
Megan Weber
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In Workspaces, how do I get the current time in my time zone, whether or not it's Daylight Savings time?

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1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,007 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,007 Points

You can set your time zone in the TZ environment variable using the "export" command. The format is: a 3-letter standard zone code, number of hours offset from UTC (may be negative), and a 3-letter DST zone code.

So, for someone in central U.S.:

export TZ=CST6CDT

As long as both zone codes are used, the system will automatically apply DST when appropriate.