Specify the time zone to use with the date command¶
Populate $TZ correctly and date will tell you the time in a different time zone. 
# TZ='UTC' date
Wed May 10 04:00:07 UTC 2023
# TZ='America/New_York' date
Wed May 10 00:00:16 EDT 2023
The output provides some helpful feedback so you can confirm the command you supplied was interpreted properly.