30 Jul
2015
30 Jul
'15
11:40 a.m.
On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 2:00 PM, Alexander Walters tritium-list@sdamon.com wrote:
EST is the common name of one of many timezones, likely US Eastern Standard Time, but could be one of many.
You are the third person on this list who saw
$ TZ=Australia/Melbourne date +"%c%z" Thu 30 Jul 2015 10:21:18 AM EST+1000
and decided that EST is "likely US Eastern Standard Time." And neither of the following two facts have stopped you:
1. Melbourne is in Australia, not in the US. 2. The DST is in effect in the Eastern US in July.