Hi Lizette, of course there is a kind of macro to obtain the time stamp with java. But I am not sure, if this is what you are looking for. Speaking about the TZ shell symbol, you do not need to update this parameter manually. For example Appendix I of "z/OS V1R8.0 UNIX System Services Command Reference", Document Number SA22-7802-08 gives a good explanation on how to set up the symbol TZ correctly. Just allocate the application-specific ".profile" file (or your personal "~/.profile") and place your TZ definition into it. This would override /etc/profile. Well, the one manual intervention required is to decide in which time zone you would like to work. Then, you may choose between time zone according to the TZ symbol and CUT with the shell command "/bin/date" by (not) coding parameter "-u".
Cheers Michael Lizette Koehler <stars...@mindspring.com> Gesendet von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> 29.12.2008 15:29 Bitte antworten an IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> An IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Kopie Thema UNIX and System time in z/OS running z/OS V1.9 with JAVA in Unix I would like to know if there is a way to establish the JAVA in UNIX to always get the system date and time. I would like to reduce the need to update the TZ parameter each time the time jumps. I do have an /etc/profile which is fairly basic. As shipped by IBM. However, after reading the configuration manual for UNIX and JAVA, I am lost in translation. Any help is appreciated. Lizette ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
