> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Timothy Sipples > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 4:20 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Efficient conversion of GMT to/from local time from COBOL? > > Peter Farley writes: > >...recently it has become more prudent to consider the maintenance > >costs and available knowledge down the road after our generation > >retires. Using documented, "standard" LE functions may not be as > >efficient as the assembler solution, but won't require an assembler > >programmer to maintain it 10 years hence. > > That makes a lot of sense to me. "Avoid needless coding." > > At least as something to think about, could you turn these date conversion > functions into "enterprise services," so that they're available > universally to anyone in your organization in their applications, > regardless of language or environment? > > If you do not want to reinvent a common function, chances are excellent > others have the same issue.
Well, probably not *entirely* regardless of environment. A common GMT conversion subroutine that used the LE functions to accomplish its task would certainly be possible and probably desireable. An "enterprise service" in the sense of SOA and/or CICS and/or Websphere would be overkill at this point. One client's input format for one batch process does not (yet) require an enterprise-wide solution. Now if *two* clients need it, then you begin to consider wider-area "services". Peter This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
