Re: difference in seconds between two formatted dates ...

[Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com>]

On 21/12/2023 11:37, David Wright wrote:
> On Wed 20 Dec 2023 at 07:43:51 (+0000), Albretch Mueller wrote:
> > $ cat  /etc/localtime
> > TZif2UTCTZif2UTC
> > UTC0
> Take care. That's a binary file. /etc/timezone is the text one.

That is why

    readlink /etc/localtime

or

    ls -l /etc/localtime

as a primary source. For majority using systemd, more detailed report 
may be get from

    timedatectl

Consider /etc/timezone is a Debian-specific legacy. File a bug against 
packages that still use it. Check this file only to confirm that such 
legacy applications use consistent configuration

    cat /etc/timezone