Technical data

Setting System Time
6.2 Setting Time Zone Information on OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3 and Later
Table 6–1 Time Zone Acronyms
Time Zone Acronym Description
CET Central European Time
EET Eastern European Time
Factory Specifies no time zone
GB-Eire Great Britain/Ireland
GMT Greenwich Mean Time
MET Middle European Time
NZ New Zealand
NZ-CHAT New Zealand, Chatham Islands
PRC People’s Republic of China
ROC Republic of China
ROK Republic of Korea
SystemV Specific to System V operating system
UCT Coordinated Universal Time
US United States
UTC Coordinated Universal Time
Universal Coordinated Universal Time
W-SU Middle European Time
WET Western European Time
At the prompt, enter the number that best represents your time zone. For
example, if you are in the United States, enter 33.
Select the number above that best represents the desired time zone: 33
If you enter a country that has more than one time zone, the system displays
areas with different time zones and asks you to select your area within the
country. For example, if you entered 33 (US), information similar to the following
will be displayed:
US Time Zone Menu
1) ALASKA 5) EAST-INDIANA 9) MICHIGAN
2) ALEUTIAN 6) EASTERN 10) MOUNTAIN
3) ARIZONA 7) HAWAII 11) PACIFIC
4) CENTRAL 8) INDIANA-STARKE 12) SAMOA
0) return to Main Time Zone Menu
At the prompt, enter the number that best represents your time zone. For
example, if you are in the eastern United States, enter 6.
Select the number above that best represents the desired time zone: 6
If you enter 0, you are retured to the Main Time Zone Menu.
Next, your choices are displayed and you are asked to confirm the displayed
information or to enter another time zone. For example:
You selected US / Eastern as your time zone.
Is this correct? (Yes/No) [YES]:
Return
If you enter No, you are returned to the Main Time Zone Menu.
Setting System Time 6–7