Release 11.6.1 of OpenEdge ABL includes a new startup parameter, Use SESSION:TIMEZONE (-useSessionTZ). Use SESSION:TIMEZONE (-useSessionTZ) specifies whether or not the SESSION:TIMEZONE attribute is applied to results of direct assignments between DATE, DATETIME, and DATETIME-TZ data types.
Operating system and syntax
UNIX / Windows
-useSessionTZn
Use with
Maximum value
Minimum value
Single-user default
Multi-user default
Client Session
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0
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n
0 indicates SESSION:TIMEZONE is not used with assignments, and 1 indicates SESSION:TIMEZONE is used. The default value is 0.
For releases 11.6.0 and earlier, the SESSION:TIMEZONE attribute only affected the MTIME, NOW, TIME, TIMEZONE, and TODAY functions. When the -useSessionTZ 1 parameter is specified, the AVM uses the value of SESSION:TIMEZONE, when set, to calculate the results of:
functions DATETIME-TZ, MTIME, NOW, TIME, TIMEZONE, and TODAY
direct assignment operations between DATE, DATETIME, and DATETIME-TZ data types.
Note: For more information on direct assignment operations between DATE, DATETIME, and DATETIME-TZ data types, see the ASSIGN statement (notes section) in OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference.
functions DATETIME-TZ, MTIME, NOW, TIME, TIMEZONE, and TODAY