Jeff Woods ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
 
: My guess is that the hardware clock and the software clock have a *very*
: large relative offset.  Use the :SHOWCLOCK command on the customer's
: system.  The TIME ZONE offset is the difference used by MPE between the
: two.  I have seen situations where the hardware clock is way off but the
: software clock was reasonably close to correct.  The TIME ZONE field
: showed 5 digit hours.
 
 
The POST85 functions, which include the FUNCTION CURRENT-DATE, follow the
TZ environment variable, just like the ctime functions do.  Consider the
following snippet of code:
 
   MOVE FUNCTION CURRENT-DATE TO CUR-DTE.
   DISPLAY "CURRENT DATE: " CUR-DTE.
   STOP RUN.
 
Now, when run, the result is:
 
CURRENT DATE: 1995071010214200-0400
 
Setting the TZ environment variable to PST8PDT gives the result:
 
CURRENT DATE: 1995071007225700-0700
 
If TZ is not defined, then the code will default to EST5EDT.
 
 
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