On 2016-04-08, at 22:20, Alan Altmark wrote: > > CMS functions shouldn't be worrying about the TZ definitions, per se, but > should be querying CP about the name and the offset. > In this century, it's way parochial to operate as if there were only two time zones in the world, as z/VM and z/OS do. z/OS UNIX System Services does somewhat better; don't have CMS OpenExtensions to play with.
I have colleagues in Colorado, London, and Canberra, all using the same z/VM and z/OS systems. Only one of them can have proper "LOCAL" time (well, two in winter). > f) An absolute TOD clock value that is expressed in LOCAL TIME. > ??? Isn't IBM's recommendation that TOD clock run on UTC? -- gil
