I changed TZ to the value you suggested, and when I issue the time command I get UTC.
Gadi -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Monday, December 30, 2019 9:28 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Chaning time zone for Unix based tasks On Mon, 30 Dec 2019 07:09:19 +0000, Gadi Ben-Avi wrote: >I know, bit that requires editing a file. >I want something that can be done using automation. > A better approach, extracting information from Linux, which does it right: 503 $ tail -1 /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Tel_Aviv IST-2IDT,M3.4.4/26,M10.5.0 So: TZ=IST-2IDT,M3.4.4/26,M10.5.0 export TZ See: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xbd/envvar.html Unfortunately, this must be set in several places. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Email secured by Check Point ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN