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> Now here's an enhancement that I *would* like to see: specify a
> timezone file to use.  Something like:
> 
>   $ date -z /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Tokyo
> 

Just set the TZ env var when you invoke the command:

$ TZ=Asia/Tokyo date
Fri Aug  1 13:49:34 JST 1997      

louie