Re: UTC Time Format on Mainframe Systems?

2005-12-23 Thread John S. Giltner, Jr.
as400 wrote: So...just to confirm here. Most Mainframes running UNIX will have the time set to UTC by default? And, is more wise to set these Mainframes to run UTC time instead of local time? You can more generic in one sense and more specific in another. Most IBM (the more specific part) mai

Re: UTC Time Format on Mainframe Systems?

2005-12-23 Thread Skip Robinson
Thoroughly modern Millie middleware like DB2 and CICS can handle *local* time shifts without a problem. We do run a CICS transaction to refetch the system time; otherwise he doesn't know about the change. We also recycle Netview and AFOP. Otherwise the system just keeps on keeping on for either spr

Re: UTC Time Format on Mainframe Systems?

2005-12-23 Thread John S. Giltner, Jr.
as400 wrote: So...what would happen during Daylight Savings Time...Do you have to keep the applications down for 1 hour?? Or do you power down the Mainframe systems? We don't power down, but we do stop running most things. We have very few systems that dont' rely on DB2 or IDMS and if the TO

Re: UTC Time Format on Mainframe Systems?

2005-12-18 Thread John S. Giltner, Jr.
as400 wrote: Hello everyone - I just like to know if Mainframe systems are set to UTC time or local time? Applications on the Mainframes, do they need to be time stamped using the UTC time zone format or local time zone format? Next, I know that most Mainframe systems use the 24 hour format..Si