> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of David Andrews
>
> [ snip ]
>
> Slightly OT but an interesting thing I just noticed: our MVS
> console reports the following time in response to a "D T" command:
>
> IEE136I LOCAL: TIME=08.46.20 DATE=2005.314 GMT:
> TIME=13.44.27 DATE=2005.314
>
> We're in the U.S. eastern time zone, five hours offset from
> GMT. You'll notice that my local time isn't exactly five
> hours offset from the TOD clock -- this is because the TOD
> clock drifts over time (we don't have an ETR) and we adjust
> the local offset every week to compensate.
Fascinating. I get this from SDSF:
IEE136I LOCAL: TIME=08.23.01 DATE=2005.314 GMT: TIME=14.23.01 DATE=2005.314
We're in the US Central timezone, and the offset shown is exactly 6 hours.
Our ETR (Sysplex Timer) syncs with NIST every Saturday.
-jc-
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