[asterisk-users] wrong time retrieved from system command

[Barry Miller]

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 07:45:37PM +0800, asterisk asterisk wrote:
> ${STRFTIME(${EPOCH},GMT+8,%G%m%d-%H%M%S)}
> 
> I use the above command to get the system date and time
> 
> it returns 20110321-034329
> 
> but it is exactly 8 hours early than the system time when I type date in
> linux terminal
> 
> Mon Mar 21 19:43:35 HKT 2011

Have you tried "${STRFTIME(${EPOCH},Hongkong,%G%m%d-%H%M%S)}" ?

$ date ; TZ=UTC date ; TZ=Hongkong date
Mon Mar 21 10:13:31 EDT 2011
Mon Mar 21 14:13:31 UTC 2011
Mon Mar 21 22:13:31 HKT 2011

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Barry