'date' Command Failure in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

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I am getting errors on the date command if I use the timezone designation stored in the system:

$ date -d "2019-12-10 23:26:30 EDT +4 hours"
date: invalid date ‘2019-12-10 23:26:30 EDT +4 hours’

$ date -d "2019-12-10 23:26:30 EST +4 hours"
Wed Dec 11 03:26:30 EST 2019

Here's what I get when I ask to display the time zone information:

$ date +"%Z %z"
EDT -0400

Is this an error on my part or has something changed in the system?

I am running Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS x86_64 with kernel 5.7.1-050701-generic.

edited Jul 13 '20 at 18:02

Kulfy

asked Jul 13 '20 at 17:50

Dave Nagy

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No. date -d "2019-12-10 23:26:30 EST5EDT +4 hours" date: invalid date ‘2019-12-10 23:26:30 EST5EDT +4 hours’ – Dave Nagy Jul 15 '20 at 01:10
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Reviewers: Note, the above comment is in regard to the previous duplicate closure to date to display the EDT time. So this shouldn't be reclosed as a duplicate of that, at least not without explanation. – Eliah Kagan Jul 16 '20 at 05:37

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