Re: QWCRTVTZ givng wrong data for time zone.

[rick baird <rick.baird@xxxxxxxxx>]

thanks for all the responses.  filed under brain fart.

On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 7:28 AM, Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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
>
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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.
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> 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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