View this topic to learn how to create a time zone that uses a message file. The message file contains the full and abbreviated time zone names.
Situation
As an administrator, you are creating a time zone specific to your company's needs. In doing so, you want the time zone name to be retrieved from a message file rather than being generated by the system.
One of the many reasons that you might want to use a message file to store the Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time full and abbreviated names is for translation purposes.
Objectives
In this scenario, MyCompany, Inc. wants its time zone to retrieve the Standard Time names and Daylight Saving Time names from a message file.
The objectives of this scenario are as follows:
- To create a new time zone
- To specify the full and abbreviated Standard Time names using a message in a message file
- To specify the full and abbreviated Daylight Saving Time names using a message in a message file
- To have the time zone retrieve the time zone's Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time names from the message file
Details
MyCompany, Inc. has one system (iSeries™ server A) in its environment. This system needs to use a time zone that specifies to use a message file for the time zone's full and abbreviated names.
iSeries A is running i5/OS™ Version 5 Release 3 (V5R3) or later
and conducts all of the business processes.
- You are using IBM® iSeries Access for Windows® V5R3 or later to communicate with iSeries A.
Prerequisites and assumptions
- iSeries A is running i5/OS V5R3 or later.
- You are using IBM iSeries Access for Windows V5R3 or later to communicate with iSeries A.
- MYLIB library exists on the system.
Configuration steps
The following information illustrates the steps to create a time zone that uses a message file.