> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Wunderlich > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 2:33 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Time change this weekend. > >
<snip> > > Cletus, > > We run GMT=GMT and all of our system software can tolerate the change > without waiting an hour. Unfortunately, we have application > software that > tracks events with local timestamps and we stay down for the > hour because > of that. In our manufacturing processes it is illogical that process B > completed before process A. We have deemed it not worth the > trouble to root > out and "fix" all the affected code. We just take the outage. > > -Rob Rob, Has anybody on the "other" side tried to use this as an argument that z/OS is so poorly designed that it cannot stand changing the clock without an outage? Around here, any glitch, however minor, is taken up by the Windows zealots as yet another reason that we should totally eliminate the zSeries. And they are winning the war. -- 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
