I viewed "the leap seconds problem" as a correct answer. I viewed the tool as "converting the STCK value mathematically to a readable value," not as accounting for all of the various adjustments.
They should make it clear on the Web site which they are doing. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Bill Godfrey Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 11:06 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Lookup Mainframe Software On Tue, 21 May 2013 08:24:41 -0400, Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> wrote: >Good stuff. Thanks, David. > >Also, thanks for your STCK(E) converter. >http://www.longpelaexpertise.com.au/toolsTOD.php Have used that from time to >time. > >Charles > The STCK converter is not handling leap seconds. If you give it STCK values from various years listed in chapter 4 of Principles of Operation, the returned time for many of them is off by approximately (not exactly) the number of leap seconds that were not taken into account. Also, if you give it the value 7d91048bca000000 for 1/1/1970 (not in the manual) it says it is before Jan 1 1970. That's not a leap seconds problem, but it is incorrect. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
