> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Charles Mills > Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 1:29 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Possible to run a jobstep with a different timezone? > > > Which implies to me that it offsets GMT as well as local time, likely > something the OP, who ever he is, does not desire. > > The OP thinks he would be good either way, but that local time is what he > really needs changed. > > Charles > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 12:57 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Possible to run a jobstep with a different timezone? > > On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:06:17 -0700, Lizette Koehler > <stars...@mindspring.com> wrote: > > > >The process intercepts teh STCK instruction. Not sure if that is something > you want to do. > > > Which implies to me that it offsets GMT as well as local time, likely > something the OP, who ever he is, does not desire. > > Useful, however, for Y2K and license key expiration testing. > > How does one "intercept" STCK? It's not a privileged instruction and causes > no interrupt.
We had Hourglass. IIRC, to intercept STCK, it intercepted when the module was loaded, found any STCK instructions and changed them such that their code would "happen". > > > >>Have not yet looked but I wonder where in z/OS the offset is stored. I > suspect it is in a system-wide data area, not region-specific, unfortunately. > >> > From fading memory, CVTLSO and CVTLDTO. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
