[Info-vax] DTSS to NTP

[Michael Moroney]

"Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:

>Michael Moroney wrote:
>> I'm working with a site that has software that doesn't tolerate time
>> changes well.  Before this summer, they'd run with parameter
>> AUTO_DLIGHT_SAV = 0, and when DST started or ended, they'd change the time
>> manually when convenient for them and restart the software.  Some time
>> over the summer they started using NTP to synch with an external source.
>> I see that NTP itself shouldn't mess them up, but I foresee them changing
>> the time and then having NTP try to set the time back.  They'll have to
>> stop NTP, change the time, change the time zone for NTP and restart it,
>> from what I see.  Did I miss anything?

>NTP keeps UTC and neither knows nor cares about time zones.  ISTR that 
>VMS, since V6 or V7 has had the ability to handle the Daylight/Standard 
>switch overs. There is a .COM file or two in SYS$MANAGER.  I'd dig it 
>out for you but my faithful Alphastation 200 has died of unknown causes.

>Look for UTC and/or NTP in file names.

It's sys$manager:utc$time_setup.com, which I should have mentioned in
my original post.  I just want to be sure we're not missing anything.