On 14/02/2023 16:45, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 10:41:38AM +0100, Heinz Tuechler
> wrote:
> > Jean Louis wrote/hat geschrieben on/am 14.02.2023 07:00:
> > > Then just representation must be clear: @UTC is unclear
> > > in those
> > > cases, but @RELTOUTC would be clear.
> >
> > @RELTOUTC seems unfortunate, as it states only the obvious.
> > If at all,
> > it should be @AHEADUTC or @BEHINDUTC or some abbreviation
> > of it, but as
> > said above, it seems not necessary to me.
>
> That's what the "+" and "-" do, anyway.
TZ=Etc/GMT-8 date '+%F %a %T %z %Z'
2023-02-14 Tue 19:37:01 +0800 +08
TZ=Etc/GMT+8 date '+%F %a %T %z %Z'
2023-02-14 Tue 03:38:24 -0800 -08
Notice sign in time zone identifier is opposite to time offset.
However I am
against RELTOUTC/AHEADUTC/BEHINDUTC. From my point of view
+0800/-0800 is
clear enough.
P.S. Last +08/-08 are really time zone abbreviations, not
offset, however
unlike "BST" & Co. they are acceptable to specify offset
unambiguously.