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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: date.1,v 1.54 2010/09/19 20:55:25 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: date.1,v 1.55 2011/03/11 18:22:49 deraadt Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: date.1,v 1.12 1996/03/12 04:32:37 phil Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)date.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: September 19 2010 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: March 11 2011 $
.Dt DATE 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
.Op Fl d Ar dst
.Op Fl r Ar seconds
.Op Fl t Ar minutes_west
+.Op Fl z Ar output_zone
.Op Cm + Ns Ar format
.Sm off
.Oo Oo Oo Oo Oo Oo
@@ -112,6 +113,14 @@ by future calls to
.Xr gettimeofday 2 .
.It Fl u
Display or set the date in UTC (Coordinated Universal) time.
+.It Fl z Ar output_zone
+Just before printing the time, change to the specified timezone;
+see the description of
+.Ev TZ
+below.
+This can be used with
+.Fl j
+to easily convert time specifications from one zone to another.
.El
.Pp
An operand with a leading plus sign
@@ -159,7 +168,7 @@ and leap years are handled automatically.
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Ev TZ
-The time zone to use when displaying dates.
+The time zone to use when parsing or displaying dates.
See
.Xr environ 7
for more information.