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Tom Jedrzejewicz wrote:
Actually, as this discussion went on in various forms over the last few weeks, I started to wonder why the "local" time is used at all. I would think that every system should keep a standard time (i.e.Zulu time<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time>) and present it in local time. I would think this would be particularly useful for messaging systems, such as MQ.
Since at least V5R3, the RJNE0200 format for the QjoRetrieveJournalEntries API has returned the 'unformatted' timestamp of journal entries. I haven't looked for earlier usage since the QTIMZON/QUTCOFFSET issues were really clarified also at V5R3.
This can be converted to *UTC or just about any "local" variation desired. IMO, it is _the_ value to use as far as time-sensitive journal entries are concerned.
I suspect that IBM makes use of it at points. You can bet that it's the only timestamp I'll be putting much effort into for journal entries for the foreseeable future.
Tom Liotta
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