jq-tz.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# set -v

export TZ=America/Los_Angeles
node -e 'console.log(JSON.stringify({date: (new Date).getTime()}))' | jq '.date/1000 | strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z")'
export TZ=America/New_York
node -e 'console.log(JSON.stringify({date: (new Date).getTime()}))' | jq '.date/1000 | strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z")'
export TZ=UTC
node -e 'console.log(JSON.stringify({date: (new Date).getTime()}))' | jq '.date/1000 | strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z")'

jqlang/jq#1349

Thanks for the bug report!