RE: Daylights Savings time

[Neil Palmer <npalmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Note re the program I posted for Auto DST change.

I believe the program will require changes for use in Europe (and maybe
elsewhere in the world that persists in this archaic pagan ritual of
clock mutilation twice a year).
It's bad enough in this day and age that the world still screws around
with changing the clocks twice a year (except for those smart people in
Indianapolis, Phoenix, and Saskatchewan - and I'm sure many other warm
sunny places closer to the equator), but you would think with the world
wide economy that countries could at least agree to make the damn change
on the same day !
While Europe goes back to standard time the same day North America does,
I believe they switch to
daylight savings time the last Sunday in March, whereas North America
does it the first Sunday in April.
So for Europe, I believe these changes (no guarantees) would be
required:

 ADDJOBSCDE JOB(AUTO_DST) CMD(CALL PGM(QGPL/DAYSAVTIM)) +
              FRQ(*MONTHLY) SCDDATE(*NONE) SCDDAY(*SUN) +
              SCDTIME(020000) RELDAYMON(*LAST) +       
              JOBQ(QSYSNOMAX) USER(????) TEXT('Daylight +
              Savings Time adjustment program')

and in the program:

             IF         (&MONTH = '03') + 
                          THEN(CHGVAR &HOUR# (&HOUR# +1))  
             IF         (&MONTH = '10') + 
                          THEN(CHGVAR &HOUR# (&HOUR# -1))  
          




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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bvining@VNET.IBM.COM [SMTP:bvining@VNET.IBM.COM]
> Sent: Friday, April 03, 1998 12:36 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Daylights Savings time
> 
> Gary,
> 
> You will need to adjust the system value QTIME, and possibly
> QUTCOFFSET
> if you currently use it, to reflect the time change.
> 
> Bruce Vining
> 
> >
> >If I recall, this wuz addressed about 6 months ago but I don't recall
> >what the outcome was.  Does the AS/400 clock need to be reset for
> >Daylight Savings Time or will OS/400 do it automatically?  I think I
> had
> >to reset it last time but don't remember.
> >Thanx,
> >Gary Feinstein
> >AS/400 System Administrator
> >Planet Hoolywood International Inc.
> >
> 
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