Re: Date / Time simulation?

2009-12-11 Thread Houghton, Philip N
(719) 535-4775 (845) 826-1908 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Timothy Sipples Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 10:55 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Date / Time simulation? >My sources tell me that SoftD

Re: Date / Time simulation?

2009-12-10 Thread Timothy Sipples
>My sources tell me that SoftDate supports Java. A basic set theory-ish question: did you mean this: ... { SoftDate, ... } [is a time testing tool that] support[s] Java [for z/OS, and there may be other tools that do as well]. or this: ... { SoftDate } [is the only time testing tool that] suppo

Re: Date / Time simulation?

2009-12-10 Thread Houghton, Philip N
: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Date / Time simulation? Here's a list of the tools I know about in this category (in alphabetical order within then after my employer's): IBM Application Time Facility (5697-N42) http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/tictoc IBM HourGlass (5697

Re: Date / Time simulation?

2009-12-03 Thread Timothy Sipples
Here's a list of the tools I know about in this category (in alphabetical order within then after my employer's): IBM Application Time Facility (5697-N42) http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/tictoc IBM HourGlass (5697-P29) http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/hourglass CA Date Simulator http://

Re: Date / Time simulation?

2009-12-03 Thread Ken Porowski
CA has published fixes for the issue TSS 12.0 fix RO12732 TSS 9.0 test fix BHD8665 -Original Message- Porowski, Ken If I read the alert from CA properly they do not recognize a 2010 TEMPDSN properly otherwise all would be fine. The workaround is to add specific rules for the 2010 TEM

Re: Date / Time simulation?

2009-12-02 Thread Howard Brazee
On 1 Dec 2009 14:05:49 -0800, edja...@phoenixsoftware.com (Edward Jaffe) wrote: >I wonder, is there some sort of "dooms day" coming? Are people doing DR >testing by setting their clocks ahead to 2012? :-) If the "doomsday" is Y2K level, then it could be cost effective to IPL a test machine with

Re: Date / Time simulation?

2009-12-02 Thread Ken Porowski
;> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu >> Subject: Re: Date / Time simulation? >> >> 2010 may be bad enough >> >> Temporary dataset names will begin with SYS10ddd >> (SYSyyddd.Thhmmss.RAnnn.jobname.Rnnn) >> >> Depending on your security software (RACF, AC

Re: Date / Time simulation?

2009-12-02 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Ken Porowski > Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 4:19 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: Date / Time simulation? > > 2010 may be bad enough > >

Re: Date / Time simulation?

2009-12-02 Thread Walt Farrell
On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 17:19:18 -0500, Ken Porowski wrote: >2010 may be bad enough > >Temporary dataset names will begin with SYS10ddd >(SYSyyddd.Thhmmss.RAnnn.jobname.Rnnn) > >Depending on your security software (RACF, ACF2, Top Secret) and your >specific rules the "SYS10" could fall under rules

Re: Date / Time simulation?

2009-12-02 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 2 Dec 2009 07:58:20 -0600, McKown, John wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List >> [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Ken Porowski >> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 4:19 PM >> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu >>

Re: Date / Time simulation?

2009-12-02 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ken Porowski > > 2010 may be bad enough > > Temporary dataset names will begin with SYS10ddd > (SYSyyddd.Thhmmss.RAnnn.jobname.Rnnn) > > Depending on your security software (RACF, ACF2, Top Secret) and your > spe

Re: Date / Time simulation?

2009-12-01 Thread Lester, Bob
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Ken Porowski Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 3:19 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Date / Time simulation? 2010 may be bad enough Temporary dataset names will begin with SYS10ddd

Re: Date / Time simulation?

2009-12-01 Thread Ken Porowski
2010 may be bad enough Temporary dataset names will begin with SYS10ddd (SYSyyddd.Thhmmss.RAnnn.jobname.Rnnn) Depending on your security software (RACF, ACF2, Top Secret) and your specific rules the "SYS10" could fall under rules meant for SYS1 datasets which are hopefully well protected. CA

Re: Date / Time simulation?

2009-12-01 Thread Edward Jaffe
Mark Zelden wrote: I think I am TicToc-ing and Hourglass-ing back to just a couple of weeks ago when this same issue was discussed. I wonder, is there some sort of "dooms day" coming? Are people doing DR testing by setting their clocks ahead to 2012? :-) -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software

Re: Date / Time simulation?

2009-12-01 Thread Mark Zelden
I think I am TicToc-ing and Hourglass-ing back to just a couple of weeks ago when this same issue was discussed. OP: Google and the archives are your friends. Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group - ZFUS G-ITO mail

Re: Date / Time simulation?

2009-12-01 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 19:13:37 + Eric Bielefeld wrote: :>When I was at P&H Mining, we used TicToc to help us with the date before Y2K struck. It seemed to be a very good product. I don't know if it is still available or not - I'm sure a search on the internet will tell you. Now called ATF,

Re: Date / Time simulation?

2009-12-01 Thread Eric Bielefeld
When I was at P&H Mining, we used TicToc to help us with the date before Y2K struck. It seemed to be a very good product. I don't know if it is still available or not - I'm sure a search on the internet will tell you. Eric -- Eric Bielefeld Systems Programmer IBM MVS Technical Services Dubuqu

Re: Date / Time simulation?

2009-12-01 Thread Houghton, Philip N
SoftDate from Macro4: www.softbase.com /* Philip Houghton VDS, LLC LSS MVS Tech Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Knigge Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 4:18 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Date / Time

Re: Date / Time simulation?

2009-12-01 Thread Jousma, David
Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mike W Stayton Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 7:45 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Date / Time simulation? See http://www-01.ibm.com/software/awdtools/tictoc/ For Application Time Facility for z/OS This e-mail

Re: Date / Time simulation?

2009-12-01 Thread Mike W Stayton
See http://www-01.ibm.com/software/awdtools/tictoc/ For Application Time Facility for z/OS Mike Stayton z/OS Communications Server m...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: Date / Time simulation?

2009-12-01 Thread Sheldon Davis
There is also compuware exchange Best Regards Sheldon Davis -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Andrew Metcalfe Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 1:26 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Date / Time simulation

Re: Date / Time simulation?

2009-12-01 Thread Andrew Metcalfe
Hourglass from IBM (formerly Princeton) will do this. I think there also used to be a tool called TicToc. Andrew Metcalfe Global z/OS Systems Programming Team GRCB Technology / Platforms / Global z/OS Platforms Barclays Bank Plc This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended sole

Date / Time simulation?

2009-12-01 Thread Michael Knigge
All, is it possible to simulate a specific time and date to an appication (COBOL+ASM Batch and/or Java)? There are some tools and libraries for Linux and Windows that can "fake" a specific date/time to a process. Using Micro Focus COBOL one can "fake" the date via environment variables... But h