SDATE

Use the SDATE command to specify the date on which UIE processing interval begins.

See Processing-interval for a description.

Syntax

SDATE <date_value> [GMTOFF= <value>]

Syntax explanations

  • <date_value> can be specified as any of the following:
    • TODAY is the same day that UIE runs the batch job to process the records.
    • TODAY- nnnn represents nnnn from 0 to 9999 days prior to the day that UIE runs the batch job
    • YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY/MM/DD is the long Gregorian format specifying a four-digit year and two-digit month and day.
    • YYYYDDD is the long Julian format specifying a four-digit year and three-digit day of the year.
  • <value> is an optional value between -12 and +12 that indicates the number of hours your local time zone is ahead of or behind GMT. This value can also have a fractional component such as 10.5. For example, Boston is -5 GMT, which means 5 hours behind GMT. Cairo is +2, which means 2 hours ahead of GMT. For more information on GMT, see Greenwich-Mean-Time-adjustments.

Note

When you use this parameter to specify a GMTOFF value, it automatically adjusts the start and end times and start and end dates for all output files.

Rules

If you specify the start date without an end date, the end date is assumed to be the same as the start date.

Examples

SDATE 2007-03-31 GMTOFF=-5
STIME 0000
ETIME 2000

In this example, UIE processes records with GMT timestamps that equate to the times from 0500 on March 31, 2007 to 0100 on April 1, 2007 London time.

In addition to the formats just mentioned, you can also specify

GMTOFF=LOCAL

When you use this format to specify the GMT offset, UIE uses the current local time on the system where the batch job is executing to determine the offset. This is the default when the GMTOFF parameter is not present.

See the Greenwich-Mean-Time-adjustments.

Related topic

Command-and-syntax-reference

 

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