> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Brazee > Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 12:20 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: US Daylight Saving Time Law > > <snip> > > Computers should all be GMT anyway. It's easy enough to > translate times to > whatever people want. >
Our mainframe is on GMT. But users cannot understand GMT, so we use the CLOCKnn member of PARMLIB and the UNIX/LE TZ so that the displayed time is "local". The last time I tried to have GMT displayed (with a 24 hour clock) I almost lost my life as the peasants (users - even other IT people!) formented rebellion. What is sooo difficult about 14:39 Zulu? For US Central, just subtract 5 or 6 (daylight saving or not), then if > 12, subtract 12. Oh well, "dumb/ignorant end-users" == "cheaper employees" == "greater profit" == "bigger bonus for the important people"(not me) -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
