Thanks to all the LISTERS that participated, I learned alot. Mostly that we were jumping through alot of hoops to make time change happen and this was not needed.
Thanks --- Rich Greenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On: Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 09:58:30AM -0800,Randy Dray > Wrote: > > } Hello Rich, > > I am not sure if you intended to send this to me or > to the list. It > went to the list so I am responding there. > > There are 2 types of items in SYSTEM CONFIG that are > related but are > semi-independant of each other. > > One is the timezone definition, where you would > define that CST is so > many hours west of GMT and CDT that is one hour > more. > > Then you have the timezone boundry that gives the > date/time that the > time change occurs on. There are usually multiples > of these for several > years into the future. I don't have my manuals > handy so I don't have the > exact syntax of these statements. > > During your IPL, when you set the time, VM will look > at the timezone > boundrys to locate the most recent one that has past > and will take the > zone (CDT or CST) from that statement. Then it will > take the difference > from GMT from the proper timezone definition and > will adjust the time > you entered to be GMT, convert that to TOD clock > format and put it in > the TOD clock. If the TOD clock is already set, > this is all automagic. > > Then when you do a QUERY TIME, the opposite > calculation takes place so > you see local time. The same thing happens when a > virtual machine asks > CP "what time is it?". > > If you are up when time change happens you just do a > SET TIMEZONE CDT > (or CST) and the only thing that changes is the > correction from GMT to > local the next time it is needed. > > I hope this helps. > > -- > Rich Greenberg N6LRT Marietta, GA, USA richgr atsign > panix.com + 1 770 321 6507 > Eastern time zone. I speak for myself & my dogs > only. VM'er since CP-67 > Canines:Val, Red & Shasta (RIP),Red, husky > Owner:Chinook-L > Atlanta Siberian Husky Rescue. > www.panix.com/~richgr/ Asst Owner:Sibernet-L > Randy Dray Systems Programmer Morton Buildings Inc. Morton IL (309) 263-6397 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
