There have been extended threads on that topic on midrange-l (the as400
list). I too was disappointed to find out that there is no "gradual" clock
slowdown capability on that box... and the idea seemed novel to the as400
folks I mentioned it to.

The almost unanimous advice on the midrange-l list was to do the change
manually, actually shutting down the box so that no timestamps from active
processes get out of synch :(

 -Chris Bartram


-----Original Message-----
From: John Hornberger [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 10:17 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [HP3000-L] OT: AS400 Time Change

Greeting Listers,

I have a new "challenge" for you.  This weekend is the infamous time
change at 2:00AM on Sunday morning.  I have recently been given the task
of creating a suitable job/methodology for changing the time on my two
AS400 Domino server boxes to the proper Eastern (U.S.) timezone.

Unfortunately, from what I've found on IBM's website the AS400 does NOT
have the nifty "gradual" option like the soon to be obsolete HPe3000 does.
 So, if anyone has the inside scoop on how I can avoid coming in to work
in the wee hours just to change the clock on two computers and NOT hose up
the e-mail system databases, I'd be very grateful.

Thanks in advance for any and all help,


John Hornberger
Sr. Systems Programmer
SPX Global Information Services

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