diff -urNp coreutils-5.97-orig/man/date.x coreutils-5.97/man/date.x
--- coreutils-5.97-orig/man/date.x	1999-11-02 15:07:36.000000000 +0100
+++ coreutils-5.97/man/date.x	2008-10-15 10:13:31.000000000 +0200
@@ -11,3 +11,8 @@ calendar date, time of day, time zone, day of week, relative time,
 relative date, and numbers.  An empty string indicates the beginning
 of the day.  The date string format is more complex than is easily
 documented here but is fully described in the info documentation.
+[ENVIRONMENT]
+.TP
+TZ
+Specifies the timezone, unless overridden by command line parameters.
+If neither is specified, the setting from /etc/localtime is used.