Time Zone Question

[kylo_h]

Hi Guys,

This is the scenario.
We have a specific application that we run jobs for called Accurate.
Now, that system is based in the UK. We have job for South Africa that run on that system.

My dilemma is, When Daylight savings comes around, our South African jobs run 1 hour later than they should. Which is normal because the clocks go back by 1 hour.

South Africa is normally 1 hour ahead and when Daylight savings starts, South Africa is 2 hours ahead.

How could I get the jobs to cater for this?

I have tried playing with the Timezones but they don't seem to work as expected and I usually get the following message when displaying a "Why?" Job's Odate is later than the CONTROL-M working date for the relevant timezone. Job will wait for the relevant day to begin

Thanks

[wolfman]

check ctm/Timezone.dat file to make sure that 3 initials have the correct DST information such as when it starts and when it ends.

[kylo_h]

Thanks Ronald.

Could you please elaborate on the "ctmdly" utility as I can't find any documentation on it.

Is it a server, agent or EM utility?

[Randy]

In order for Control-M to support DST you must modify the timezone.dat file and must be running version 6.3 or later. See below for example dat file:

HNL (GMT-10:00)
HAW (GMT-10:00)
ANC (GMT-09:00)
PST (GMT-08:00) FROM 14.03 02:00 TO 07.11 03:00 (GMT-07:00)
MST (GMT-07:00)
CST (GMT-06:00)
EST (GMT-05:00)
ATL (GMT-04:00)
CLT (GMT-03:00) FROM 04.04 02:00 TO 10.10 03:00 (GMT-04:00)
GMT (GMT+00:00)
WET (GMT+01:00)
FRA (GMT+02:00)
EET (GMT+03:00)
DXB (GMT+04:00)
KHI (GMT+05:00)
DAC (GMT+06:00)
BKK (GMT+07:00)
HKG (GMT+08:00)
TYO (GMT+09:00)
TOK (GMT+09:00)
SYD (GMT+10:00)
MEL (GMT+10:00)
NOU (GMT+11:00)
AKL (GMT+13:00) FROM 04.04 02:00 TO 26.09 03:00 (GMT+12:00)