> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of McKown, John > > Though I agree with you, at my first job - when I implemented OS/VS1 using GMT, I was nearly lynched > by the Production Control people and Programmers. The print outs (remember them?) all said like: 20 > Jan 1978 14:37 . When ask what the **** 14:37 meant, I said it was military time . . .
That was probably the "big misteak", calling it "military time" rather than stating truthfully that (1) there are 24 hours in a day, so (2) 14:37 shows 37 minutes past the 14th hour. - subtract 12 if > greater than 12. So it was 2:37 P.M. . They then said the clock was bad because it was really printed > at 8:37. I said it was GMT so they had to adjust by the current 6 hour offset. I was then threatened > with horrible torture if I didn't fix it to say 8:37 AM, because all this "folderall" was "bs" and the > computer should report local time. [ snip ] Well, the CONgress legislated the U.S. onto the metric system circa 1980. That too seems to have gone over like a lead balloon. (But frequently in "rush-hour" traffic it seems the vehicle ahead is going 25 km/h instead of 25 mph. In a 40 mph zone, of course.) -jc- -- Q: "Why do drivers chatting on cell phones have their heads up their <ahem>s?" A: "They're using their <ahem>s as 'hands-free devices'." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
