> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Wayne Driscoll
> 
> [ snip ]  HOWEVER:  (and this may be a BIG issue) If you are 
> geographically located West of the meridian, when you convert 
> over to UTC time, you will need to be down for the number of 
> hours west you are, in order to prevent duplicate timestamps 
> from occuring.

ITYM East -- West offsets from UTC are negative, so converting from local to
UTC would *advance* the TOD clock, not retard it.

    -jc-

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