$ TZ=GMT date
Tue Oct 28 18:07:16 GMT 2008
$ TZ=MET date
Tue Oct 28 19:07:17 MET 2008
$ TZ=MEST date
Tue Oct 28 20:07:18 MEST 2008
$ TZ=PST8PDT date
Tue Oct 28 11:07:19 PDT 2008

Soon we'll have a time difference of 9 hours again, although it does not make a difference from a practical pov and I wish someone would stop this madness...

Update: yet another story (in German) covering this nonsense....