We do.  Mostly out of application cautiousness.   Much like still IPLing
to go backwards in time in the fall.

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-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Dazzo, Matt
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 10:55 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Set Clock Command

I am curious in other shops that use the 'T TIMEZONE' command if they
stop batch work before issuing the command.  

Thanks Matt 

-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Staller, Allan
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 3:29 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Set Clock Command

You got it. The XCF couple dataset uses the stamp from the GMT clock. 
Instead of SET CLOCK= twice a year, you would issue SET TIMEZONE twice a
year .

Check the fine manuals for details on SET TIMEZONE. The TIMEZONE value
should also be set in CLOCKxx.

Since resetting the hardware clock will require a Power On Reset, there
is no additional impact.

Of course, you can eliminate the HW clock/Power On Reset by fudging the
TIMEZONE values.

NOTE: The XCF couple dataset cannot handle the back time change. It
"remembers" the last time it was used and will fail the IPL if the
timestamps are not in ascending sequence. I would allocate a new set of
XCF couple datasets and IPL with those (or wait 5 hours for the IPL).
After IPL, you can dynamically migrate back to the original files if
desired.

HTH,


<snip>
I have been looking at the set clock command in hopes of maybe
eliminating the IPL. From reading the good old book I think I have to do
the following. Anything else I am missing or should be aware of?  How
does the DASD XCF dataset handle the time change when going back 1 hr?
Thanks Matt

1.Set the SE clock to GMT
2. Change the TIMEZONE to -5 for EST
</snip>

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