On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 13:31:16 -0500 Paul Gilmartin <0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
:>On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:39:53 +0300, Binyamin Dissen wrote: :>>As this is part of the IPCS service, one wonders how it could determine the :>>TOD adjustment values for specified value. :>See: https://www.iana.org/time-zones :>On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 10:41:30 -0400, Jim Mulder wrote: :>> BLSUXTOD does not know the context of the TOD clock value you are passing, > :>Context? Shouldn't values of properly set TOD clocks read at the same time :>be identical world-wide? (I think we can ignore General Relativistic adjustments.) It is not reading the clock, it is reading a value in the clock format. In my code where the clock value will be logged, it is adjusted before being stored. :>>and does not attempt to account for time zones or leap seconds. When you :>>use BLSUXTOD, you are expected to any adjustments of interest to you :>>before calling BLSUXTOD. > :>IOW, BLSUXTOD does the easy part and leaves the hard part for the user. :>This appears to be the same defect as in STCKCONV and CONVTOD which, :>I suspect may be the underlying service. Adjusting the clock (if you know the difference) is quite easy code. :>When the user has a log with timestamps in TOD format and needs the :>corresponding civil times, those adjustments must be made. It's unreasonable :>to expect the user rather than the computer to do it. Yes, the computer code should do it before storing it. Completely agree. :>It's time for z/OS to get its head out of the 20th Century. Relevance? -- Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
