Re: Time Change

[Paul Nieman]

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>> individually.  We have a wide variety of z/OS, Linux and CMS based apps and
>> only a couple of ancient ones have an issue (PROP gets cranky).  Springing
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Why would PROP get cranky?  PROP doesn't wake up on timed events, but on messages.  If there is any problem with PROP, it would probably be with the coding of the action routines, or some handoff between the action routines if they kept GLOBALV variables with timestamps.  But PROP itself should have no problem with the SET TZ change.  Is it more accurately the PROP-based apps that are cranky?

Towers Perrin has run PROP for years and, though Towers Perrin IPLs shortly after the new time is in effect, they do SET TZ before the IPL, and never saw any problem with several PROP machines (though they were recycled with the IPL and hence didn't stay up real long after).


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Paul Nieman
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