Why ask me? <grin>. Somebody in IBM could take the Linux timezone data and make it work on z/OS. Why don't they? Well, given some of Lynn Wheelers' posts, I'd say hubris and "not invented here" syndrome. Similar to the egos of Balmer, Gates, and Jobs. Competent men, but arrogant.
-- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Chase, John > Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 8:07 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: Summer Time, "state of art" > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of McKown, John > > > > We use the z/OS operator command: SET TIMEZONE. We are in US Central > Time. At 02:00 on the appropriate > > day, we just issue the command: > > > > T TIMEZONE=W.06 > > > > or > > > > T TIMEZONE=W.05 > > > > We're on z/OS 1.10. > > Windoze, Linux, et al (even z/VM) do that automatically. Why is it > (still) necessary to do it "manually" on z/OS? > > -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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
