The date command inverts the sign if TZ is set with Etc/GMT.

Example:
TZ=':Etc/GMT+5' date
Result:
Di 11. Mai 05:08:48 -05 2021

Tested with version coreutils-8.28 and coreutils 8.32-1.


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