UTC Setting (was: Service message: Daylight saving timestarts)

I am a dolt sometimes, so a bit of help would be appreciated.

When DST starts here (West Coast USA), the time will move ahead 1 hour.
 And a +0100 change to the UTC offset is also required.

On my system, the UTC offset is set to 00:00; it has apparently never
been properly set/maintained.  I believe that my UTC should currently by
-8:00 and should be -07:00 after DST starts.  What problems can I expect
from the UTC not properly set for my system?

Thanks!

>>> Bob2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 03/27/03 10:32AM >>>
And for most Hosiers (Residents of Indiana), there is no change!

Bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Henrik Krebs
> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 3:21 PM
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> Subject: Service message: Daylight saving time starts (Australians:
> ends)
> 
> Hi
> 
> Just in case that you have forgot about DST - Daylight saving time
> (In Europe: Summer time): Your AS/400 should probably have changed
> it's system values for QTIME and QUTCOFFSET the upcoming weekend
(US:
> on Apr 6).
> 
> A simple way to do this is (already now) to execute the following
> commands
> 
> SBMJOB CMD(CHGSYSVAL SYSVAL(QHOUR) VALUE(03))
>   JOB(CHGSYSVAL1) JOBQ(QCTL)
>   SCDDATE(*SUN) SCDTIME(020000)
> 
> and
> 
> SBMJOB CMD(CHGSYSVAL SYSVAL(QUTCOFFSET) VALUE('+0200'))
>   JOB(CHGSYSVAL2) JOBQ(QCTL)
>   SCDDATE(*SUN) SCDTIME(020000)
> 
> Of cause the values in theese commands might differ from above
> depending on your location and environment. Above values applies for
> most of Europe.
> In Finland and Baltic countries the SCDTIME should be 030000 and
> QHOUR and QUTCOFFSET 04 and '+0300'
> UK and Portugal: 010000, 02 and '+0100'
> 
> In USA this you have another week to do this, so you can use Apr 6
as
> SCDDATE (in correct format for your system). The SCDTIME is always
> 020000 but the QUTCOFFSET varies from '-0300' to '-0800'
> 
> If you are unsure the values appropriate for your system, then have
a
> look at http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst2003a.html 
> 
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Henrik Krebs
> Web: http://www.hkrebs.dk/ 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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