Actually a better one is setting the TIMEZONE value.  If you are setting it to a
value that is previous to the current value, it will be immediate.  If you set
it to a value that is greater than the current value, it will take that amount
of time to change.  So if you never had it set, and had to do W8:00, then it
would take 8 hours to adjust.  there is no way to specify GRADUAL or NOW to this
parameter.

shawn

______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
Subject: SETCLOCK
Author:  [log in to unmask] at Internet-Mail
Date:    4/5/98 2:55 AM


Can anyone explain this?

:HELP SETCLOCK
SETCLOCK

     Alters the system time or system time zone.

SYNTAX


     SETCLOCK  {DATE= date spec; TIME= time spec [;GRADUAL | ;NOW]}

               {CORRECTION= correction spec [;GRADUAL | ;NOW]}

               {TIMEZONE= time zone spec}
               {;CANCEL}


:SETCLOCK CORRECTION=3600;GRADUAL
The NOW or GRADUAL option requires both DATE and TIME. (CIERR 11705)

However, SETCLOCK CORRECTION=3600 works just fine and uses the
GRADUAL option anyway.  Go figure.

Jim Phillips                            Manager of Information Systems
Voice: (915) 860-9933                   Therm-O-Link of Texas, Inc.
  Fax: (915) 860-9936                   1295 Henry Brennan
Email: [log in to unmask]       El Paso, Texas   79936