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/START_TIME=starting_time

Specifies the first time to run a job after it is created in the Job Management Manager database. The starting time should be in one of the following formats:

• dd-mmm-yyyy hh:mm:ss.cc–Specifies an absolute starting time.
• If you omit the year (yyyy), the default is the current calendar year. If you omit all or part of the time (hh:mm:ss.cc), the omitted part is set to 0 by default. If the time contains spaces, the entry must be set in quotation marks.
• The default time for the /START qualifier is the interval time that you specify with the /INTERVAL qualifier. If the starting time is earlier than the present time, the manager schedules the job to run immediately. The default is to apply the interval to "now" and not use Special Days.

  For example:

  • –31-DEC-1996 13: starts the job at 1 P.M. on December 31, 1996.
  • –31-DEC starts the job at midnight on December 31 of the current year.
• +dddd hh:mm:ss.cc–Specifies a Job Management Manager delta time, based on the current date and time. You must specify the days (+dddd), even if you use 0. For example, "+3 4:45" starts the job 3 days, 4 hours, and 45 minutes from the present time.
• TOMORROW hh:mm:ss.cc–Specifies a starting time tomorrow. For example, tomorrow 4:45 starts the job tomorrow 4 hours and 45 minutes after midnight.

  Note: Job Management Manager delta time is not the same as OpenVMS delta time (dddd-hh:mm:ss.cc).

• F[Yyy] [Qqq] [Mmm] [Www] [Dddd] [hh:mm:ss.cc]–Specifies a fiscal time. See the /INTERVAL qualifier for a description of the format.
• "now"–Starts the job immediately.
• NEVER–Does not schedule a start time.