As always - more than one way to skin a cat. All excellent answers and now I must dig deeper and deeper into UNIX and the /etc folder. I knew about the /etc/profile. I did not know about the /etc/init.options. So many places so little time. And yes, it would be nice if IBM set it up with a single point of customization.
I will work on all of these answers and see which one works for me. At this time, the /etc and UNIX in general has not been customized. So I am tackling this process one step at a time. Once I get the time sorted out, I think I can complete the customization without any issues. Lizette > >You may want to code the following in your profile and never have to >worry about time change -- unless of course, some smart (?) politician >decides to push for another change to DST: > >TZ=EST5EDT >export TZ=EST5EDT,M3.2.0,M11.1.0 > > > >running z/OS V1.9 with JAVA in Unix > >I would like to know if there is a way to establish the JAVA in UNIX to >always get the system date and time. I would like to reduce the need to >update the TZ parameter each time the time jumps. > >I do have an /etc/profile which is fairly basic. As shipped by IBM. >However, after reading the configuration manual for UNIX and JAVA, I am >lost in translation. > >Any help is appreciated. > >Lizette > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
