Hi List,
Here is what we are going to do. We'll write a Java Stored Procedure for DB2
to use the Java API for the timezone and whenever application needs this
service (IMS, CICS, Batch) it should call the DB2 Stored Procedure and we are
done.
If there were any changes in the timezone database, they will be applied by
Java Maintenance, espessially for the daylight savings time changes which might
be different and in different parts of the world this change might be on
different days.
Thanks.
Denis Gäbler.
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As you have observed, most UNIX systems, other than the atavistic z/OS
Unix System Services, employ the zoneinfo database, described in
Linkname: Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data
URL: http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.html
This database is distributed with the z/OS DCE product; you may
find it in:
/usr/lpp/dce/etc/zoneinfo
AFAIK, only DCE uses this, and Java uses whatever it uses. Ignoring
zoneinfo is a more serious problem with the changes in the Daylight
Saving Time schedule legislated in the U.S.: once the LE APAR
(PK24076 ?) is applied, time zone offsets for some dates on Fall,
2006 will be wrong; without the APAR time zone offsets for some
dates in Spring, 2007 will be wrong. Once we have the APAR applied
I'll start a PMR on the Fall, 2007, problem, and attempt this into
a Requirement for zoneinfo in z/OS Unix System Services.
-- gil
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