Is there a technique, statement or utility that will cause a program or jobstep to "see" a different timezone? I recall you could do this in VSE. I looked at the CBT tape and did not find anything. Is there a programming technique that would work? The politics are such that writing code is a more acceptable solution than a vendor product.
Here is the sort of solution I need or picture. Approach 1: //STEP1 EXEC PGM=RUNTIME,PARM='parms for REALPROG' //RUNTIME DD * REALPROG PDT or REALPROG -9 /* // DD statements for REALPROG Where RUNTIME LINKs to REALPROG first having modified z/OS control blocks such that REALPROG (only -- not other programs in the system) "sees" the timezone as PDT, UTC-9. Approach 2: //STEP1 EXEC PGM=RUNTIME,PARM='PDT' or PARM='-9' and subsequent steps in the job -- but not other programs in the LPAR -- "see" the timezone as PDT, UTC-9. Was there some sort of technique to do this developed during the Y2K excitement? What do shops do that have LPARs that serve users in multiple time zones -- some one-off homegrown solution that works (only) for them? Thanks, Charles ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
