On 2016-12-28, at 13:22, R.S. wrote: > I'm trying to find out the list of valid timezone abbreviations in z/OS Unix. > I found I can provide any code (i.e. TZ=STUPID), but invalid code means UTC. > > I would like to set it up to Poland, but no CET or CEST is valid. >
> Any clue? > From: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.2.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r2.bpxa500/bpxa50065.htm Format TZ= standardHH[:MM[:SS]] [daylight[HH[:MM[:SS:]]] [,startdate[/starttime],enddate[/endtime]] ] ... In contrast, on any of several desktops, 505 $ date; TZ=Europe/Warsaw date Wed Dec 28 13:46:53 MST 2016 Wed Dec 28 21:46:53 CET 2016 Among the choices? 504 $ ls /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe Amsterdam Busingen Kiev Moscow Saratov Vatican Andorra Chisinau Kirov Nicosia Simferopol Vienna Astrakhan Copenhagen Lisbon Oslo Skopje Vilnius Athens Dublin Ljubljana Paris Sofia Volgograd Belfast Gibraltar London Podgorica Stockholm Warsaw Belgrade Guernsey Luxembourg Prague Tallinn Zagreb Berlin Helsinki Madrid Riga Tirane Zaporozhye Bratislava Isle_of_Man Malta Rome Tiraspol Zurich Brussels Istanbul Mariehamn Samara Ulyanovsk Bucharest Jersey Minsk San_Marino Uzhgorod Budapest Kaliningrad Monaco Sarajevo Vaduz What the hell is wrong with IBM? POSIX is no excuse. The true excuse is IBM has a captive clientele who can't afford to switch. It's a valid business decision; only the customers suffer until z/OS meets a well-deserved end. (But has anyone submitted an RFE to implement the Olson timezone database? What support would it get?) -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
