On 12 Mar 2007 07:05:09 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doc Farmer >> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 6:02 AM >> To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU >> Subject: Any DST Problems Yesterday? >> >> >> I was hearing the gloom 'n' doom predictions on Friday about >> this DST being >> a "mini-Y2K" (no kidding, they actually said that on the >> news). However, >> my PC didn't explode, the Mainframes aren't melted puddles of >> iron and >> silicon, and the only thing I did have a problem with was >> figuring out how >> to get the hotel's wake-up call to function properly (but >> with this hotel, >> that's a struggle anyway, DST or no). >> >> Any "horror stories" out there? Did anyone suffer a lack of >> synchronicity >> (and losing your Sting collection doesn't count)? Were there dire >> consequences beyond losing an hour's worth of sleep? >> >> Answers on a post card, please... > >Please remember that the US media is hysteria oriented and loves to feed >fear to the "common man" (i.e. morons). The biggest problem that I had >was this morning. I hate getting up before the sun rises. I am a diurnal >animal, damn it!
Since one of the major hysteria media tycoons is Rupert Murdoch from Austrailia, I don't think the Aussies on the list are in much position to be smug. More on topic, my PC and my wife's laptop coped. I don't have a mainframe to deal with but I hope all of them in the affected areas of the United States of America and Canada were at least checked. >Oh, and the LE maintenance that I put in actually worked! The "date" >command in UNIX gave the correct result for my timezone value (CST6CDT). >I hope my z9 stuff works too. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
