Hint at how to use TZ.

Submitted by: grog@lemis.com
1997-08-18 20:27:17 +00:00 · 1997-08-18 20:27:17 +00:00 · 7fedb877a4
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--- a/bin/date/date.1
+++ b/bin/date/date.1
@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)date.1	8.3 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
-.\"	$Id: date.1,v 1.14 1997/08/09 22:34:03 brian Exp $
+.\"	$Id: date.1,v 1.15 1997/08/10 16:36:58 brian Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd November 17, 1993
 .Dt DATE 1
@ -249,6 +249,11 @@ is affected by the following evironment variables:
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .It Ev TZ
 The timezone to use when displaying dates.
+The normal format is a pathname relative to
+.Dq Pa /usr/share/zoneinfo .
+For example, the command
+.Dq TZ=America/Los_Angeles date
+displays the current time in California.
 See
 .Xr environ 7
 for more information.