On Sun, 17 May 2020 14:57:14 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
>On Sun, 17 May 2020 11:38:11 -0700, Charles Mills wrote:
>
>>I want to get the 3-or-so character *name* of the local time zone in Rexx.
>>What is the most straightforward way?
>>
>From the command line, I'd use:
> 869 $ date +%Z
> MDT
>
An embellishment, suitable for email headers:
874 $ date "+Date: %a, %e %b %Y %T %z"
Date: Sun, 17 May 2020 14:27:40 -0600
>>Environment: Rexx running in an STC under TSO (IRXEXEC).
>>
>Use ADDRESS SYSCALL spawn date +%Z
>or BPXWUNIX directing stdout to a stem.
>Both work in all common environments.
>
>It depends on your sysadmin's having configured correctly.
-- gil
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