I think that if you clearly document the distinction, then I would think
that different behaviors for +hh:mm versus hh:mm would make sense.

An alternative/additional solution, possibly too much trouble, would be to
add a timezone to the time specification:  E.g.  10:30-EST, 18:15-CDT,
etc.  Why too much trouble?  No all countries change clocks on the same day.

I'm not sure how often this comes up, or why, so that might have a
bearing.  If it's more than just clock changes in fall and spring, that
would matter.

Good luck.

On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 5:31 AM, Rob van der Heij <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I did not want to bother the rest of the IBMVM list with this, but I could
> use some votes on what we expect DELAY to do after a SET TIMEZONE was
> issued.
> No promises, but any comments on this?
>
> I understand we want future delays started after the SET TIMEZONE to be
> done
> with the new timezone. The book says 'the specified time is reached' so it
> seems appropriate to correct the working.
>
> But what about the pop that is pending. I am tempted to distinguish
> between an
> interval (with a "+") and a time of day. So +7200 waits for 2 hours,
> whether
> clocks changed or not. But I know some plumbers compute it either way.
>
> Sir Rob the Plumber
> z/VM Development - CMS Pipelines
>



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