RE: System Time

[Neil Palmer <NeilP@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes it's possible the system clock was correct at one point and drifted 
off over time.
What can cause this to happen to a greater degree would be if you have 
a defective system clock and have done quite a few IPL's (I believe the 
400 gets the time from the system clock only during IPL - it doesn't 
adjust it while the system is up and running).  SO - on top of 
everything else you may want to have the clock checked or replaced (I 
think it's part of the control panel, and there's a small battery that 
keeps it running when the system is down - unless of course the control 
panel itself is replaced when the system is down.  In the past this has 
caused MUCHO trouble for users who found their system date went back to 
something like 08/28/40 after maintenance was performed on their 
system, but that has now SUPPOSEDLY been fixed by forcing a prompt for 
date/time even during an unattended IPL IF the system clock has been 
disconnected.


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-----Original Message-----
From:   Torres, Wanda [SMTP:WTorres@dresdner.com]
Sent:   Tuesday, September 29, 1998 11:02 AM
To:     'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
Subject:        System Time

Our system time was slow by 2 minutes and it cause a  trade to fail. 
 We
loss thousands of dollars.  We change our system time only twice a year 
 for
daylight savings time.  Is it possible that we could have had the right 
time
at one point and the clock on the AS/400 is slow like a regular watch 
when
it no longer functions properly?  I think our operators must have put 
the
wrong time to begin with on QTIME system value.  Does anyone dial to 
the
national observatory to set the right time on their system?




Thanks in advance,

Wanda Torres


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