Chad Scott

Changing the system clock is one of the most damaging things you can do in a Notes/Domino environment. In particular, setting the clock forward in time and then back to the current time is a scenario that seems to play out much more than it should. Doing this on a Notes or Domino machine can have many serious ramifications that can have lengthy clean-up procedures.

I understand there may be times where you want to test the correct function of some task or agent at some point in the future, perhaps as part of planning for a specific project or business cycle. If this type of testing must be done, make sure it's in a completely disposable environment. I don't even recommend your normal test environment unless you plan on rebuilding it afterward. This is a perfect scenario for a client/server running in a virtual machine. Make a snapshot, do your testing, and then delete it.