On Mon, 27 Mar 2023 04:49:32 +0000, Gadi Ben-Avi wrote: >When I install a new version of z/OS in Israel I set the time zone in >SYS1.PARMLIB(CLOCKxx) and in /etc/profile. I set TZ to IST-2IDT. > On what date this year does that change the offset from IST to IDT? By experiment on MacOS, I see March 12, which is the convention for USA, not ISRAEL.
With TZ=IST-2IDT,M3.4.4/26,M10.5.0 I get March 26, which www.timeanddate.com says is correct for Israel. >Some USS based tasks have their own time zone setting which must be updated as >well. > Why more than one? Just one works fine on my desktop and phone. Is it to support geographically distributed systems, or can IBM just not get its act together? >The time comes from STP which is set to UTC. > IBM recommends in the PoOps TAI-10 seconds, which is now UTC-27. >STP get its time from enterprise NTP servers. > >Nothing comes preconfigured. > Ouch! Does IBM not even suggest the correct strings for TZ for various locations? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
