The problem is that the executor would need to have access to MAINT CF1. -Mike
-----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Chip Davis Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 1:38 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Determining Daylight Savings Time Status Not to take anything away from the solutions already offered, but wouldn't a Rexx exec (or pipe) that reads the SYSTEM CONFIG file be a single-source-data solution? I'd rather depend on the accuracy of an IBM-supplied file than to worry about making sure my (or someone else's) file keeps up with the Congress-critters meddling. Besides, it's a SMOP. -Chip- On 3/3/11 14:36 Michael Coffin said: > Hi Folks, > > > > Does anybody have a program or know of a way to determine if a given > date falls within a Daylight Savings Time range? The CP QUERY TIMEZONE > command will show you defined timezones, and which one is active - but > not the start/end dates of the zone. > > > > I'm trying to avoid coding up a hard-coded table in a REXX exec - but > can't for the life of me figure out any other way to do it, and even > though the zones are coded in SYSTEM CONFIG I can't find any way to > query them in VM. > > > > Ideally, I need to do something like: DST=IsThisDST(mm/dd/yy) - and I > only really care about the calendar date (even though DST doesn't > normally "kick in" until 2:00am). > > > > -Mike >
