On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 3:42 AM, Giliad Wilf < 000000d50942efa9-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
> Hi All, > > I'm configuring a new system in Israel and wish to pick the correct > timezone for our location, in terms of z/OS USS. > Basically, here is the source for the answer: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.3.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r3.bpxa500/bpxa50065.htm > > Our system has been built abroad using CST6CDT, and shipped to us in the > form of some 32 dumped 3390-9 volume images. > > Now I wonder whether or not will IST2IDT be accepted by z/OS USS if placed > in '/etc/init.options' and '/etc/profile' files. > Yes, but it is wrong. It should be IST-2IDT. The "-2" says "East". Use of "2" say "West" -- somewhere in the Atlantic, I guess. > > Are there any additional locations to update, aside from CLOCKxx's > TIMEZONE parameter, which I'm going to change from 'W.06.00.00' to > 'E.02.00.00'? > I also have the timezone in the LE parameters member of PARMLIB. I.e. CEEPRM00. LE has the concept of "environment variables" which is similar to UNIX. So I set the TZ variable for LE as well. I'm not sure if this is required or not. Example: /* NONCICS LE PARMS */ CEEDOPT( ALL31(OFF), STACK(,,BELOW) CBLQDA(OFF), COUNTRY(US), DEBUG, DYNDUMP(*USERID,DYNAMIC,NOTDUMP), * ENVAR('TZ=CST6CDT'),* LIBSTACK(8K,4K,FREE), STORAGE(NONE,NONE,NONE,8K) ) /* CICS LE PARMS */ CEECOPT( ALL31(OFF), STACK(,,BELOW), STORAGE(00,NONE,NONE,0K) ) /* 64 BIT GROUP */ CELQDOPT( ) So far, the above has a least not cause any problems. > Our z/OS runs on top of z/VM and Linux zPDT app., which show both correct > UTC value, but use a TZ that appears to be the equivalent of EST5EDT. > > I'm not going to meddle with zPDT or with z/VM. Only with z/OS. > > Any insight will be greatly appreciated. > Bottom line: you have an error. IST2IDT is for W.02.00.00 not "east". You need TZ=IST-2IDT as an example below shows ==== example UNIX shell transcript from z/OS 1.12 $ printenv TZ;date CST6CDT Mon Apr 23 07:05:29 CDT 2018 $ export TZ=IST-2IDT;printenv TZ;date IST-2IDT Mon Apr 23 15:05:55 IDT 2018 LIH1:TSH009:/home/tsh009$ ==== So, in /etc/init.options, I think you need the line: -e TZ=IST-2IDT And somewhere in /etc/profile, a line like: export TZ=IST-2IDT Along with the changes mentioned in CLOCKnn, CEEPRMnn. Shalom, -- We all have skeletons in our closet. Mine are so old, they have osteoporosis. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
