RE: daylight savings - QWCCVTDT

["Hatzenbeler, Tim" <thatzenbeler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks,

Tim

> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Scott Klement
> Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 2:45 PM
> To:   RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject:      RE: daylight savings -  QWCCVTDT
> 
> 
> On Fri, 9 Apr 2004, Hatzenbeler, Tim wrote:
> 
> > Mine has this in it right now, but I have no clue if it's right...
> > Were in the (P.S.T) zone
> 
> PST = Pacific Standard Time.  PDT = Pacific Daylight Savings Time.
> You are in the PDT zone.
> 
> 
> > however, when I issue a 'wrkactjob' the time in the upper right corner
> is
> > correct, and all the timestamps on our jobs, our correct.
> 
> These values just display the value of your system clock, they don't make
> any adjustments based on timezone, and therefore are different than some
> of the APIs.
> 
> >
> > System value . . . . . :   QUTCOFFSET
> > Description  . . . . . :   Coordinated universal time offset
> > Offset . . . . . . . . :   -08:00     -24:00 to +24:00
> >
> 
> Change it to -0700 for daylight savings time.  Change it back to -0800
> when daylight savings time ends.   You should be doing this whenever you
> change the clock for daylight savings...
> 
> 
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