See below Dave Gibney Information Technology Services Washington State University
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On > Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 3:03 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: Time Change (Sync) > > On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:29:05 -0700, Gibney, Dave wrote: > > > > Got bit this year by an application. Used SET TIMEZONE to spring > >forward. EntireX servers were an hour off until we noticed when a time > >critical window opened late. Of course, I don't think even Parallel > >Sysplex would have helped with this one. > > > I don't understand this one. What's an EntireX server. EntireX is a Software AG middleware product. The servers are long running STC. We use Natural programs inside them. > > o How did it get it wrong? The time was off one hour until we discovered and rolled them > > o Didn't it use the TIME macro? > > o Did it read the offset parameters from CVT at startup > and forget to refresh them? > > o Did it STIMER to the start of the window and overlook > the SET TIMEZONE? > > o Did it use STIMER DINTVL= when STIMER LT= would have > been proper? Don't know these answers, I'm just a SAG customer. > > o What happens with an outstanding STIMER LT= when the > clock is advanced/retarded for Daylight Saving Time > - From the console? > - By ETR or STP? > > In which of these cases does z/OS DTRT? > > Is there so little information in the RM that a RCF > is appropriate? Don't know these answers, I'm just an IBM customer :) > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
