Use the zdump Command to Check Daylight Savings Time Settings
If you are one of us lucky folks who live in timezones that
observe Daylight Savings Time, you can use the
zdump
timezone dumper command to view your server’s
settings for same. This command prints the current time in each timezone
provided on the command line.
You can use grep
to reduce the output to just the lines
that reference the current year:
$ zdump -v EST5EDT |grep '2023'
EST5EDT Sun Mar 12 06:59:59 2023 UT = Sun Mar 12 01:59:59 2023 EST isdst=0 gmtoff=-18000
EST5EDT Sun Mar 12 07:00:00 2023 UT = Sun Mar 12 03:00:00 2023 EDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-14400
EST5EDT Sun Nov 5 05:59:59 2023 UT = Sun Nov 5 01:59:59 2023 EDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-14400
EST5EDT Sun Nov 5 06:00:00 2023 UT = Sun Nov 5 01:00:00 2023 EST isdst=0 gmtoff=-18000
You can also run the same command by location:
$ zdump -v /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York|grep '2023'
/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York Sun Mar 12 06:59:59 2023 UT = Sun Mar 12 01:59:59 2023 EST isdst=0 gmtoff=-18000
/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York Sun Mar 12 07:00:00 2023 UT = Sun Mar 12 03:00:00 2023 EDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-14400
/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York Sun Nov 5 05:59:59 2023 UT = Sun Nov 5 01:59:59 2023 EDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-14400
/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York Sun Nov 5 06:00:00 2023 UT = Sun Nov 5 01:00:00 2023 EST isdst=0 gmtoff=-18000