Setting OpenVMS to automatically switch between GMT & BST
Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2021 5:48 am
Hi,
We've got a UK OpenVMS system that we want to configure such that it automatically changes the time when going from GMT <=> BST , and I've been asked to have a look at this.
But I'm not really a system manager so not sure where to start, someone has mentioned looking at the values in SYS$TIMEZONE_* but I don't know what values should be used. When we had the clocks go back in October the time had to be manually reset.
Currently the values are:
MYNODE> sh log sys$tim*
(LNM$PROCESS_TABLE)
(LNM$JOB_8919D380)
(LNM$GROUP_000104)
(LNM$SYSTEM_TABLE)
"SYS$TIMEZONE_DAYLIGHT_SAVING" = "1"
"SYS$TIMEZONE_DIFFERENTIAL" = "3600"
"SYS$TIMEZONE_NAME" = "BST"
"SYS$TIMEZONE_RULE" = "GMT0BST^1,M3.4.0/01,M10.5.0/02"
(LNM$SYSCLUSTER_TABLE)
(TMS$WINDOW_NAMES)
MYNODE>
Any help/advice or documentation pointers would be great.
Thanks
Gary
We've got a UK OpenVMS system that we want to configure such that it automatically changes the time when going from GMT <=> BST , and I've been asked to have a look at this.
But I'm not really a system manager so not sure where to start, someone has mentioned looking at the values in SYS$TIMEZONE_* but I don't know what values should be used. When we had the clocks go back in October the time had to be manually reset.
Currently the values are:
MYNODE> sh log sys$tim*
(LNM$PROCESS_TABLE)
(LNM$JOB_8919D380)
(LNM$GROUP_000104)
(LNM$SYSTEM_TABLE)
"SYS$TIMEZONE_DAYLIGHT_SAVING" = "1"
"SYS$TIMEZONE_DIFFERENTIAL" = "3600"
"SYS$TIMEZONE_NAME" = "BST"
"SYS$TIMEZONE_RULE" = "GMT0BST^1,M3.4.0/01,M10.5.0/02"
(LNM$SYSCLUSTER_TABLE)
(TMS$WINDOW_NAMES)
MYNODE>
Any help/advice or documentation pointers would be great.
Thanks
Gary