Yes indeed, but it isn't far away: remember EXEC2?
 GMTTIME  EXEC     A1  V 130  Trunc=130
====>
!...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....
* * * Top of File * * *
&TRACE
CP Q T
CP Q TIMEZONE
&TYPE GMT Date and time: &DATE &TIME
* * * End of File * * *

TIME IS 16:32:01 CET TUESDAY 2009-11-03
CONNECT= 05:22:27 VIRTCPU= 000:02.22 TOTCPU= 000:02.38
Zone  Direction   Offset   Status
UTC     ----     00.00.00  Inactive
GMT     ----     00.00.00  Inactive
CET     East     01.00.00  Active
CES     East     02.00.00  Inactive
GMT Date and time: 09/11/03 15:32:01

2009/11/3 Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]>

> On Nov 3, 2009, at 07:54, Bob Cronin wrote:
>
>  Our VM clocks are so far off that I wouldn't even care if the
>> answer I got
>> from the ntp server was a few seconds off because of latency...
>>
>>  Will VM _ever_ learn to use ETR, STP, whatever?  Last I heard it
> couldn't,
> much less being leap second aware.  Causes us problems with z/OS guests.
>
> Wonder why GMT isn't among the numerous date() and time() formats
> provided by Rexx?
>
> -- gil
>



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Kris Buelens,
IBM Belgium, VM customer support

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