Identifies the application to use for time maintenance. (QTIMADJ)
Time adjustment, also known as QTIMADJ, is a member of the date and time category of i5/OS™ system values. You can use this system value to identify the software to use to adjust the system clock to keep it synchronized with an external time source. To learn more, keep reading.
| Quick reference | |
|---|---|
| Location | In iSeries™ Navigator, select your system, |
| Special authority | None |
| Default value | No adjustment software is specified |
| Changes take effect | Immediately |
| Lockable | No |
Use the time adjustment (QTIMADJ) system value to identify the software to use to adjust the system clock to keep it synchronized with an external time source. The system does not enforce the software specified; it only identifies the software to use. This value should be maintained by the time adjustment software and is intended as an aid to prevent having multiple time adjustment applications conflict with each other. There are no checks performed by the system to verify this value or that this software is or is not performing time adjustments.
Time adjustment software should check this system value prior to starting. If this system value has an identifier for other time adjustment software, then the software being started should notify the user of this potential conflict and confirm that this time adjustment software should be started. When there is not an identifier associated with this system value, the software should update this system value to identify that it is now responsible for adjusting the system clock. Time adjustment software should check this system value again prior to ending. This system value should be set to the value None (*NONE) only if the current value identifies this time adjustment software that is ending.
You can work with time adjustment system value in iSeries Navigator by expanding . To work with the time adjustment function, expand .
To learn more, go to the date and time system values overview topic. If you are looking for a specific system value or category of system values, try using the i5/OS system value finder.
In addition, go to Time management to learn how to use the Time Management function of iSeries Navigator to work with this system value. The Time Management function allows you to identify a time zone for the system to use. You can also specify to use a time maintenance application to keep the system time synchronized with an external time source.