On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 19:35:28 +0100, you wrote: How do I change the time zone of a VMS box? $ @SYS$MANAGER:UTC$TIME_SETUP :-) Then you may also do the following: $ @SYS$MANAGER:TCPIP$DEFINE_COMMANDS $ NTPDATE <ntp.server.of.your.choice> HTH, G.