I need to update my ACS/SMS configuration. Thanks, Ed, for the "new" 
information. I didn't know this.

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> Behalf Of Ed Jaffe
> Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2020 7:29 AM
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> Subject: Re: TIME a data set was created?
> 
> On 5/30/2020 7:08 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
> > What's the option to select FMT8/9 DSCBs in:
> > o JCL DD statements?
> > o TSO ALLOCATE?
> > o BPXWDYN
> 
> 
> This functionality has been around since 2008. You select it with the EATTR=
> parameter, which is available through JCL and dynamic allocation techniques.
> We supply it automatically via SMS ACS routines, so no one ever has to think
> about it.
> 
> > Does IBM provide a utility, API, or sample code to format DS9TIME as
> > "hh:mm:ss.uuuuuu zone" for display?
> 
> 
> I assume the time is displayed in all the usual places where the extended
> attributes are displayed e.g., ISPF.
> 
> >
> > So on 2020-11-01, 5.40e9 might display as 01:30:00 MDT, and 9.00e9
> > might display as 01:30:00 MST, right?
> >
> > "*local* time"!?  WTF!?  Where did IBM designers have their heads stuck?
> 
> 
> That's the easiest and most understandable way. ISPF, JES, SYSLOG,
> OPERLOG, etc. have been recording time as local time forever and ever and
> I'm not hearing a lot of complaints.
> 
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