It can, but that was not the question. :-) Charles
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Staller, Allan Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 8:38 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: timezone_name? I haven't specifically looked, but IIRC, TZ can be specified as GMT plus/minus offset ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN