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Date and time on the Linux command line

Tools

tool name purpose
date displays date and time information
tzselect wizard for selecting a time zone

Usage

echo date +x days on command line

date --date 2017-03-01+60days +%F

convert between timezones

If you want to know what the local time translates to in a foreign time zone:

TZ=Asia/Kolkata date -d "16:00 CET"

To display what time it's in your local zone for a foreign date on the CLI:

date --date='TZ="Asia/Kolkata" 20:30'

Source: Superuser: Timezone conversion by command line