Re: Daylight Saving Time

        * Jerry C. Adams
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Jeff Crosby wrote:

I have never had to be concerned with this in the past, but the Indiana
legislature has now decreed that Indiana will begin observing DST this year.

With the new time zone and especially time adjustment stuff available in
V5R3, I thought it would be simple:  change the system value QTIMZON from
QN0500EST2 to QN0500EST, the system will automajically start adjusting time
before DST starts/ends, and I'm good to go, but it doesn't look that simple.

It doesn't look like 'time adjustment' takes place automatically at DST
start/end at all.  What I think happens is that because my i5 checks with an
external time server every hour, the time will change in one fell swoop.  If
I _don't_ check with an external time server, it won't take place at all.

Assuming I have already changed to time zone QN0500EST, it sounds like I
need to:

1) On the Saturday before DST starts/ends, tell the i5 to stop checking
externally for the time.

2) Start a time adjustment either forward (spring) or backward (fall) 1
hour.

3) On Monday, tell the i5 to start checking externally for the time again.

Am I right?  Or missing something simple?

Thanks and I'll be moving to Arizona.