> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Petersen, Jim
>
> It isn't the operating system that has the problem. It is the poorly
written application programs
> which do not use the GMT time for their time stamps in whatever data
records they are recording.
> Instead, way back when, they decided to use LOCAL time and then do
computations on that LOCAL time
> field against CURRENT LOCAL time which gets them into trouble during
the FALL BACK time change.
z/OS still requires "manual" updating of the TIMEZONE parm (at minimum)
at each time change. The other systems with which I'm familiar all do
that automatically.
-jc-
----------------------------------------------------------------------
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO
Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
