How to set the correct local time zone in git bash?

Question

I am using git-bash on a Windows system.

The Windows clock shows local time, but inside git-bash everything is in GMT time:

$ date
Mon Mar 31 16:08:5         


        

Answer 1

On Windows the TZ variable seems to work differently.

To get the German timezone you have to write:

TZ=GST-1GDT date

If you set it to some "invalid" value like "Europe/Berlin" it will default to GMT. The same seems to happen on my system when TZ is not set at all.

With the above setting I get Thu Apr 17 16:23:23 GDT 2014 which is not exactly the same as Thu Apr 17 16:23:23 CEST 2014, but at least the time looks right.