In response to a statement that the clock can't be set backwards, Ej Jaffe wrote: > How do you set your mainframe clock at the end of October???
Ed Finnell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) responded: > IPL with different OFFSET value. If all you're doing is changing the OFFSET (which is all that should ever be done, but let's not restart _that_ discussion), then why IPL at all? A SET CLOCK command should suffice. I wrote TZALT in 1988 when MVS was getting a bad rap from the unix weenies because it was the only system in a very heterogenous shop (University of Southern California) that needed a restart to deal with Daylight time. http://ldworen.net/mvs/free-ldw.html Admittedly this was written way before sysplex timers and all that. The clock error introduced by use of TZALT will normally be a small fraction of a second which is much more accurate than the operators ever set the clock. /Leonard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
