RE: User Time Zones -- MIDRANGE-L

It's not the time itself, it's the format of the time.

Paul Nelson
Cell 708-670-6978
Office 512-392-2577
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cassidy, Alan
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 8:40 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: User Time Zones

I can't see how they could technically handle some implementation like
that. Is there any system that provides functionality like that?

If the locale support can render different times based on the user,
couldn't you just use that "modified" value for your purposes? It's not
THE system timestamp per se, but you could convert that into a timestamp
value for the database.

That should serve the purpose, should it not, unless it's a matter of
skipping the need for a programmed intermediary.

---Alan

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Nelson
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 8:19 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: User Time Zones

Thanks, but this only deals with how the time is presented to the user.
The goal is for Suzy in New York to be able to submit a report at 10 AM
EST and have the report time stamped at 10 AM EST. If Bill in
Bakersfield submits the same report at the same time, his report should
be time stamped as 7 AM PST.

According to my well informed sources, this capability does not exist
now, nor will it exist in V6R1.

Paul Nelson
Cell 708-670-6978
Office 512-392-2577
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pat Landrum
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 7:12 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: User Time Zones

Paul,

Check out the "LOCALE" option in the user profile. This can be set to
different time zones. Check out this link:

http://tinyurl.com/yp2tgq

or

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r3/index.jsp?topic=/n
ls/rbagsinstalllocales.htm

Regards,
Pat Landrum
Senior Programmer/Analyst
Hanover County School Board
200 Berkley Street - Ashland, VA. 23005
Phone: 804-365-4658 Email: plandrum@xxxxxxx <mailto:plandrum@xxxxxxx>

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