My time zone is not displaying the Standard Time and DST names correctly

The time zone uses a message file to specify the full or abbreviated names for either Standard Time or daylight saving time (DST). However, the time zone names are not displayed correctly when the system fails to retrieve the message.

When the message cannot be retrieved, the name parameters in the character-based interface display *N (not available) and the time zone name fields in IBM® Navigator for i are blank. In addition, if the second-level text of the message description is not formatted correctly, the name displays incorrectly.

Recovery steps

If the time zone uses a message to specify the time zone full and abbreviated names, the names are not displayed if you are not authorized to the message file or its library.

If you are authorized to the message file and its library, complete the following steps to ensure the time zone names are properly retrieved from the message file:

  1. Ensure that the time zone properties specify the correct library, message file, and message ID.
  2. Verify that the library specified exists on the system.
  3. Verify that the message file exists in the library specified.
  4. Verify that the message ID exists in the specified message file.
  5. Verify that the message description is specified in the second-level text of the message and not the first-level text. In addition, verify that the message is formatted correctly with the first 10 characters as the abbreviated name and the next 50 characters as the full name.