[Info-vax] bizarre problem with system time (not DST)

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2015-03-28 20:05:32 +0000, abrsvc said:

>> Didn't VMS gain the magical ability to automatically kicks in time
>> changes based on your defined time zone at version 8 or later ?
> 
> There was a patch to V7.3-2 that updated the time change to the "new" 
> dates for the change.  And, yes it happens automatically

OpenVMS V7.3 and later have the automatic change mechanism.   See the 
AUTO_DLIGHT_SAV system parameter for details.
<http://h30266.www3.hp.com/odl/vax/opsys/vmsos73/vmsos73/6017/6017pro_017.html>
There have been timezone patch kits, and there probably should be more 
of them issued as the definitions change fairly often.


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