You can supply TZ via JCL parm, (LE) parm or OVMS shell variable or /etc/init or /etc/rc
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Phil Smith III Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 5:10 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Local time in C on z/OS I have a C POSIX application that writes timestamps on its output. It's always produced a GMT timestamp (pardon me, UTC), and that's sort of fugly, so I thought maybe I could fix it. Looking at the code, it's using ctime(). Ok, hey, localtime() should be gooderT! Nope, per IBM doc: * The ctime(), localtime(), and mktime() functions now return Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) unless customized locale information is made available, which includes setting the timezone_name variable. * In POSIX you can supply the necessary information by using environment variables. Gee, thanks (and what does "now" mean in that first sentence? As opposed to tomorrow?? Last week???). I'm not in a position to set environment variables for this. I know the hardware is set to UTC, but there's a system timezone offset at some level. Is there no simple way to just say "Gimme the same time as the operator's console would show"? Searching sure hasn't found one, hoping someone knows better! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ::DISCLAIMER:: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and intended for the named recipient(s) only. E-mail transmission is not guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or may contain viruses in transmission. The e mail and its contents (with or without referred errors) shall therefore not attach any liability on the originator or HCL or its affiliates. Views or opinions, if any, presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of HCL or its affiliates. Any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and / or publication of this message without the prior written consent of authorized representative of HCL is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify the sender immediately. Before opening any email and/or attachments, please check them for viruses and other defects. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
