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Setting System Time
6.3 Setting Time Zone Information on OpenVMS VAX Systems
3. Press Return to accept the default of BOTH or enter one of the other choices
in answer to the following question:
Configure which time parameter (TIMEZONE/TDF/BOTH/NONE)? [BOTH]
Note
Compaq recommends that you set both the time zone and the TDF. If you
set the TDF without setting the time zone, the procedure cannot provide
default TDF values.
If you answer BOTH or TIMEZONE to the time parameter question in the
command procedure, continue in Section 6.3.1. If you answer TDF to the
question, continue in Section 6.3.2.
6.3.1 Setting the Time Zone on Your System
The local time zone is the location you want to consider your default local time
zone. Usually this local time zone is the same as the local time zone in which
your system is located.
You set the local time zone by making choices in a command procedure.
The system first displays the following information:
Configuring the Local Time Zone
TIME ZONE SPECIFICATION -- Main Time Zone Menu
1) Australia 11) GMT 21) Mexico 31) Turkey
2) Brazil 12) Greenwich 22) NZ 32) UCT
3) CET 13) Hong Kong 23) NZ-CHAT 33) US
4) Canada 14) Iceland 24) Navajo 34) UTC
5) Chile 15) Iran 25) PRC 35) Universal
6) Cuba 16) Israel 26) Poland 36) W-SU
7) EET 17) Jamaica 27) ROC 37) WET
8) Egypt 18) Japan 28) ROK 38) Zulu
9) Factory 19) Libya 29) Singapore
10) GB-Eire 20) MET 30) SystemV
0) None of the above
Table 6–1 lists and describes the acronyms that appear in the Main Time Zone
Menu.
To select a time zone, follow these steps:
1. Enter a number after the following question; for example, 33, for the United
States:
Select the number above that best describes your location: 33
If you enter 0, the system defaults to GMT.
2. If you enter a country that has more than one time zone, the system displays
a message and asks for a confirmation like the following one (if not, skip to
the explanation following step 4):
You selected US as your time zone.
Is this correct? (Yes/No) [YES]:
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