If it were only that easy. Parts of Texas are in two different time zones. I believe at least one other state is split also. Some states in Australia implement DST while others don't. Russia spans multiple time zones while all of China is administered in one.
:>: -----Original Message----- :>: From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On :>: Behalf Of Skip Robinson :>: Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 3:37 PM :>: To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU :>: Subject: Re: Local Time conversion to/from UTC Time :>: :>: DST complicates your solution even further. While the whole of the U.S. :>: switches (or not!!!) at the same moment, other countries switch on :>: different dates. I think your solution will have to be table driven with :>: an entry for every country and for every U.S. state. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN