Folks Time updates due DST......again we have much discussion.
But I would like any comments regarding z/OS time, when the customers accessing the system are not physically located in the same time zone. I believe the ISO standards support local time display with timezone infomation such as EST appended. But with timezone acronym usage overloaded...i.e. EST means Eastern Standard Time, but for which continent. Although we support applications accessed in other time zones, some of which do have Daylight Savings adjustments, we do not change our machine time. The users see "local" time via adjustments made by the application performing the display. The Unix approach is one way, but it is not a simple as can be made out, as the timezone information is kept in more than one location. And it does only apply to the local machine, and not to remote user access points. With globalization continuing, I see a need for a standard that allows the host system to run in "pure" UTC, with only access points modifyng the time display as required at that access point. At least, here wher I work, I no longer have to "play" with time changes bi- annually. Regards, and thanks for reading, Bruce Hewson Resident, Tropical Island Paradise. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
