Converting timezone using date command
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Converting timezone using date command
To convert time of other timezone to local time one can use:
date -d '17:00 PDT'
Similarly to convert localtime to other timezone we can use:
TZ=PDT date -d '12:00 IST'
Steps learned from http://www.linuxhowtos.org/Tips%20and%20Tricks/timzone_conversion.htm