Re: QWCRTVTZ givng wrong data for time zone.

For those observing Eastern Daylight Time the current UTC offset is -4
hours, not -5.
https://time.is/UTC
11:16 - 4 hours = 7:16. Remember an odd number minus an even number is an
odd number.

If you were still on Eastern Standard Time then, yes, your UTC offset is
-5. However, I'm in Indiana and I thought we were the last hold outs and
we started observing daylight savings time a few years back.

Now, don't compare to Windows as that isn't really an operating system.
They will report the UTC as -5 but they leave it up to you to know whether
or not you're currently observing daylight savings time.

System value . . . . . : QTIMZON
Description . . . . . : Time zone
Time zone . . . . . . : QN0500EST3
Associated settings:
Offset . . . . . : -04:00
Full name . . . : Eastern Daylight Time
Abbreviated name : EDT

IBM i 7.3


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From: rick baird <rick.baird@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 03/27/2017 06:49 PM
Subject: QWCRTVTZ givng wrong data for time zone.
Sent by: "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>



Hey all,

We just upgraded to V7R1M0 and the time description API QWCRTVTZ is giving
the wrong data for EST - see below

EVAL tzds
TZDS.ZONE = 'QN0500EST '
TZDS.SYSZONE = '1'
TZDS.SUPDST = '1'
TZDS.UTCOFFSET = -300
TZDS.STDABBR = 'EST '
TZDS.STDFULL = 'Eastern Standard Time
TZDS.DSTABBR = 'EDT '
TZDS.DSTFULL = 'Eastern Daylight Time
TZDS.STDMSGID = 'CPX091E'
TZDS.DSTMSGID = 'CPX091F'
TZDS.MSGFILE = 'QCPFMSG '
TZDS.MSGFLIB = '*LIBL '
TZDS.DSTSTRMON = 04.
TZDS.DSTSTRDOWK = 7
TZDS.DSTSTRRDMO = '1'
TZDS.DSTSTRTIME = 020000.
TZDS.DSTENDMON = 10.
TZDS.DSTENDDOWK = 7.
TZDS.DSTENDRDMO = 'L'
TZDS.DSTENDTIME = 020000.

QN0500EST is Eastern Standard Time, so I know I'm getting the proper zone.

Offset should be -5, not -3.
The DST start month is 3, not 4.
day of week is right at 7, but day of month should be 2 (second sunday)
didn't check for the DST end dates, but I'm guessing they're wrong too.

I double checked my data structure against the V7 api finder and it's
good. I can't guarantee it worked just before our upgrade, but it's not
working now.

Any ideas? thanks in advance.
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