I agree. But the one time I tried to use GMT/UTC, back around 1979, I was almost lynched. Nobody could figure it out. I guess subtracting 5 or 6 from the hour, and adjusting the date, if needed, was just way to much math. I confuse everybody who rides in my case. The clock is set to GMT.
-- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: How convert "historic" STCK to local time? > > On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:11:09 +0000, Rob Scott wrote: > > >If you are lucky enough to be in control of the data > collection, then you could save the CVTLDTO value in the same > control block or record as the STCK value so that you can > accurately re-construct local time at a later date. > > > And the data may be processed in a time zone different from the one in > which its collected. Or, looking at it another way, the data > center may > be remote from the corporate main and branch offices. ... > > Why is this so hard a concept for the legacy mindset!? z/OS UNIX > does far better than legacy z/OS, but it's still mediocre compared > to Linux, OS X, and Solaris. > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
