On 15 May 2013 14:08, John McKown <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yeah, well I didn't say it was a _good_ idea <grin/>. Actually, if the > epoch were moved BACK in time, then the TOD value would need to be > increased to keep the date the same.
Which is just what happened with MVT and MVS; the epoch was changed from 1960 to 1900. Though there was, of course, nothing much to force anyone to use either the old or the new IBM standard. Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN