I like the sound of that, but have a question. Do you not have any DB's affected by slamming back an hour instead of shutting down for one hour and then doing an IPL?
Daniel McLaughlin Z-Series Systems Programmer Information & Communications Technology Crawford & Company 4680 N. Royal Atlanta Tucker GA 30084 phone: 770-621-3256 fax: 770-621-3237 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.crawfordandcompany.com IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu> wrote on 03/28/2008 07:00:20 AM: > ---------------------- Information from the mail header > ----------------------- > Sender: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> > Poster: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Clock Change > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I keep my z9BC's HMC on GMT all the time (I would probably do that > even if I was in New Zealand or Australia, regardless of being in > the UK). I don't recall it adjusting time last March or last > October, but then I probably wasn't paying particular attention anyway. > > I don't IPL for time changes any more, I just use a Netview timer > event (or even the ops) to issue a SET TIMEZONE=E.01.00 to change to > BST in March and a SET RESET to go back to GMT in October. > > If we have to IPL for some reason, we just manually issue the > appropriate command if necessary, but I've almost finished a Netview > startup Rexx exec to determine if it should be BST or not and > absolve us of that particular chore as well. > > Brian > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > Best Overall Third-Party Claims Administrator - 2007 "Business Insurance" Readers Choice Awards Consider the environment before printing this message. This transmission is intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This communication may contain information that is confidential, proprietary, privileged or otherwise exempt from disclosure. If you are not the named addressee, you are NOT authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this communication, its attachments or any part of them. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this communication from all computers. This communication does not form any contractual obligation on behalf of the sender, the sender's employer, or the employer's parent company, affiliates or subsidiaries. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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