Add Start Node Process In Specific Timezone as a javascript til

javascript/start-node-process-in-specific-timezone.md

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+# Start Node Process In Specific Timezone
+
+When running a node process on your machine locally, it will adopt your
+machine's local timezone.
+
+I can observe this by starting a `node` process and outputting a date with
+`toLocaleString()`.
+
+```javascript
+> new Date().toLocaleString()
+'11/30/2020, 8:48:17 PM'
+```
+
+This is the time that I'm writing this post, in Chicago (CST).
+
+I can then start the process in another timezone, such as UTC.
+
+```bash
+$ TZ=utc node
+```
+
+With that `node` process, I can now do the same experiment.
+
+```javascript
+> new Date().toLocaleString()
+'12/1/2020, 2:52:40 AM'
+```
+
+The time jumps ahead about 6 hours because it is going from CST (UTC-6) to UTC.
+
+Similarly, I could start the Node process for the west coast like so,
+
+```bash
+$ TZ='America/Los_Angeles' node
+```