Software provides date and time simulation.
Press Release Summary:
By enabling virtual date and time testing, IBM Application Time Facility for z/OS® v2.8.6 helps software development teams ensure software performs as intended. It provides testing at end-of-period, week, month, quarter, or year processing, or testing across midnight or any other critical time period. Program can shift time zones for online regions and restart failing job at date/time it failed, ensuring that file updates and reports are not affected.
Original Press Release:
IBM Application Time Facility for z/OS, V2.8.6: Date and Time Simulation Aids Testing of Time-Dependent Software
IBM Application Time Facility for z/OS can:
Provide testing of applications that are reliant upon timing, time zones, or time and date formatting without changing z/Series system date and time settings.
Shift time zones for online regions. Users will see their local time and dated application file updates will have the local time.
Restart a failing job at the date/time it failed, ensuring that file updates and reports are not affected.
Allow jobs that, due to unavoidable circumstances, run over a deadline to finish "on time."
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Your IBM representative, an IBM Business Partner, or IBM Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL (Reference: LE001).
Overview
IBM Application Time Facility for z/OS® is a date and time simulation software product for z/OS developers. By enabling virtual date and time testing, IBM Application Time Facility for z/OS helps software development teams ensure their software performs as intended.
IBM Application Time Facility for z/OS offers comprehensive programming language, environment, and format support. IBM Application Time Facility for z/OS also enables testing at the end-of-period, a week, month, quarter, or year processing, or simply testing across midnight or any other critical time period. A simple, online interface between IBM Application Time Facility for z/OS and ISPF ensures that programmers can specify testing on individual development jobs or create a "wildcard" testing scenario across groups of programs. Security features enable you to define which programmers receive access even down to specific job groups or classes. Minimal training is required to gain benefits from IBM Application Time Facility for z/OS.
This product was formerly sold under the name of TICTOC from Isogon Corporation. Now known as IBM Application Time Facility for z/OS, it has been added to the IBM portfolio as a result of the recent purchase of Isogon Corporation by IBM. This product is now offered in accordance with IBM terms, pricing, and fulfillment practices. Customers on maintenance for Isogon TICTOC will be offered the opportunity to migrate their entitlements to the IBM offering being announced.
Key prerequisites
IBM Application Time Facility for z/OS requires IBM zSeries® hardware supporting z/OS V1.4, or later.
Planned availability date
December 2, 2005
