| GENERAL DESCRIPTION |
The VA FileMan team would like to add three (3) new
fields to the INSTITUTION file (#4). The new fields will be used to support
the determination of GMT and TimeZone offset based on a given Institution
Entry.
Descriptions:
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4,800 LOCATION TIMEZONE 8;1 POINTER TO WORLD TIMEZONES FILE (#1.71)
LAST EDITED: AUG 10, 2016
HELP-PROMPT: Enter the timezone or '?' to list timezones
DESCRIPTION: This is the timeZone of this specific location.
4,801 COUNTRY 8;2 POINTER TO COUNTRY CODE FILE (#779.004 )
LAST EDITED: AUG 15, 2016
HELP-PROMPT: Enter the country, or '?' to list countries
DESCRIPTION: Country of this location.
4,802 TIMEZONE EXCEPTION 8;3 SET '0' FOR SST Only;
LAST EDITED: AUG 09, 2016
HELP-PROMPT: Enter 0 if this is for Standard Time only.
DESCRIPTION: This location does not follow the TimeZone and country
timeframe changes therefore only follows STANDARD time. Example: Some
locations in the USA do not follow the change to DAYLIGHT SAVINGS but remain
STANDARD all year long. Those locations would need this exception defined.
Puerto Rico's TimeZone is Atlantic which is also used by Canada, Dominican
Republic, and Bermuda. Canada and Bermuda change timeframes and Puerto Rico
and Dominican Republic do not. A location in Puerto Rico or Dominican
Republic would need to have the exception field set to SST only.
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The three fields will be sent out to the sites via the VA FILEMAN patch
DI*22.2*2. We will only send the three fields (partial), not the entire
Institution DD in KIDS. These fields will be maintained via the FORUM process.
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