Since daytime still works once I get a working server from the pool, I don't have to after all, so sorry, I never tried to work out how to do that. -- bc
On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Mike Walter <mike.wal...@aon.com> wrote: > Bob, > > Were you successfully able to translate the NTP time on CMS into either a > TOD value, or to a human-readable yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss format? > > Thanks! > > Mike Walter > Aon Corporation > The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. > > -----Original Message----- > From: CMSTSO Pipelines Discussion List [mailto:CMS-PIPELINES@VM.MARIST.EDU] > On Behalf Of Bob Cronin > Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 10:09 > To: CMS-PIPELINES@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: Retrieving the date/time from an ntp server > > As it turns out it appears the failures I was seeing were due to the fact > that I was pointing at one particular ntp server rather than a pool. So > neverrrrrmind ... ;-) > -- > bc > > > On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 10:16 AM, Mike Walter <mike.wal...@aon.com> wrote: > > > I have some sample code from Dave Jones that I was working on in the > > fall of 2013, but never came up with an incantation that quite works > > right. The time reported is off by about 18,000 seconds (5 minutes) > > while the z800 is off by about 79 seconds from the z/OS systems using > > the same NTP server as their trusted time source. The code still has > > that bug, issues diagnostic messages, and is in need of improved > commenting and doc. > > > > My goal was to compare the TOD from NTP to the TOD on a z/VM 5.4.0 > > system running on a z800 w/o any access to a trusted time source > > except the NTP server. The idea was to track gradual drift of the > > z800 TOD from the NTP, and when it grew "significant enough", send an > > automated e-mail to us z/VM sysprogs to schedule a z800 hardware TOD > change. > > > > If no one else has a working solution, I can send it to you to finish. > > Let me know if you're up to the challenge! :-) > > > > Mike Walter > > Aon Corporation > > The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: CMSTSO Pipelines Discussion List > > [mailto:CMS-PIPELINES@VM.MARIST.EDU] > > On Behalf Of Bob Cronin > > Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 08:41 > > To: CMS-PIPELINES@VM.MARIST.EDU > > Subject: Retrieving the date/time from an ntp server > > > > Does anyone have any pipes code that can do this? > > -- > > bc > > > > > >
