On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:27:18 -0700, Edward Jaffe wrote: > >Keep in mind that the TOD clock represents GMT (or UTC). Local time is >calculated by adjusting GMT by CVTLDTO and CVTLSO. If the TOD drifts by >a second or more, you can fix local time with a compensating adjustment >to the time zone offset. See SET TIMEZONE= command. > Gaaaaaah! Since Good Practice dictates that critical timestamps be kept in UTC (or GMT) your suggestion more conceals the problem of drift than fixes it.
How will this affect the time reported by z/OS Unix programs which use time() to get UTC and strftime() to get civil time? How will this affect Java applications? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
