Offset, yes, but not zone name.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of David Crayford [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 18, 2020 8:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: How determine local time zone *name* in Rexx? On 2020-05-18 8:40 PM, Barkow, Eileen wrote: > Java has several classes and API methods to get the time zone. > Where does the JVM determine this info -is is not from the Unix settings? Yes, but you better make sure the TZ, _TZ variables are set correctly! ISO-8601 flattens this issue somewhat as the timezone etc is part of the timestamp. https://secure-web.cisco.com/1hpMnzj2XyT5IvrY2p7oblFjNp5LWdgSOOvY3T-8j7xY-pVqtX0sXOKHJ4fdmOyiMw1TveYOvqkKDA4jm9_VYKOdIP5QDZ49Cc962LEk76FoqhoZkZ8wBbFk3DdkjC3jhlTN4oh8Cctu_PtXtV0ReHAHxH2f9f8oSxur7rChoQ1N9NO1QKFAN1yWN0FmAx6yZIBMBL4Y443vQzwruSTKUQXvJ_KdsYZBd96XgkuEI0k_kiChN7HPq5we62fW4BkL1CUmZUl5oT4Uy5TuW-69GZiJ631zl4AguT1FwXRspZgc7MB5tgjC1QOplvyWqxcZaZ53sgmZl-brLorV1rfxAuBPzgdWPFyegja0SJwchManE2VxTpA3cGNmoJhTkTsmEKucFidFc86B5xtO8pZ-Df03CGCN5BdQ6llweiG0oevoJHrzF4an9cOcRHiqn4wci/https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FISO_8601 > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > ITschak Mugzach > Sent: Monday, May 18, 2020 8:33 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: How determine local time zone *name* in Rexx? > > But make sure that uss & mvs clocks are the same. > > בתאריך יום ב׳, 18 במאי 2020, 15:28, מאת Steve Smith <[email protected]>: > >> I forgot about the IANA Time-Zone database. That does seem to be the >> standard. >> >> I don't see that Unix has anything to do with it. >> >> sas >> >> On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 1:41 AM Mike Schwab <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> East Bank Palestinians and Israelites use different times for the >>> same location Line Islands in Kiribati uses +14 time zone, same time >>> one day earlier as -10 Hawaii. >>> And agree the Unix time zone database is a great idea. >>> >>> On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 2:58 AM Paul Gilmartin >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On Mon, 18 May 2020 01:58:01 +0000, Mike Schwab wrote: >>>> >>>>> Yep. You almost need a country code, and for multi zone >>>>> countries a zone indicator. Especially since a shared time zone >>>>> might have different DST / ST switch dates in different countries. >>>>> >>>> And it's up to the recipient to unwind the process? >>>> >>>> That's the reason that SMTP date headers specify simply "+/-hhmm" >>>> (Which might be +0000 for UTC.) >>>> >>>> Do you want to know the physical time the message originated, or >>>> the solar illumination at that point in spacetime? >>>> >>>> Otherwise, the Truth (which z/OS shuns) is: >>>> >>>> https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2F >>>> http://secure-web.cisco.com/1Jxf4fiKfCfH--vSNum_xjdc4fdWxS8_u14vieP2-jvMOPtBGUnXjmqYvtinKxRTmV2xuhv1ZHPOeQRWV6YSKbpyZbx1wETP30dfATspjPld-9gYVrPOP8OyZrJaDWP578XF4EQiTeO5QEJcocqBG3bDpWZaQQPsshu1ODarN3Y9d2IeHwZmOWbmRgdxE1ZGwRvdCaCr4Sp4qr7FVzRlvOn2Ygdr_1Ydbhmm2EYwlyAb_FOasADS8DvpR5aAmDwsBNSVqKFrvGRjasbb0hyf6CqJTgRJAgGGCZkxktcwkPIzST7wJtJVKO_NSdv8g0VrC01JqJ-bJyr-XJy4kkpvrrc0w7eQRFSyeK39_-BDUWiKTUjq5_eBheYagnqUwOAOhSHRh4rcXaFi74I8zGgrgfO8XHWceJ62_PABzHl82tzjepey6q_atcgwIenVGzoOu/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iana.org%2Ftime-zones&data=02%7C01%7Cebarkow%40doitt.nyc.g >>>> ov%7Cb30cb350311847227f9608d7fb27b8b1%7C73d61799c28440228d4154cc4f >>>> 1929ef%7C0%7C0%7C637254020360322895&sdata=0w76FuzcVm3%2BPycbUw >>>> 6DnlEIXKy1DyQOEFMnGDrgf7U%3D&reserved=0 >>>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send >> email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ________________________________ > > This e-mail, including any attachments, may be confidential, privileged or > otherwise legally protected. 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