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Forecast Interval

You can define the forecast interval for these commands using a beginning and ending date.

The dates have the following format:

FROM=(mmddyy,hhmm),{TO=(mmddyy,hhmm)|SPAN=hhhh}

mmddyy

Defines the date.

mm

Defines the month (01 through 12). Required. Leading zeros are required.

dd

(Optional) Defines the day (01 through 31). If omitted, 01 is assumed for FROM, last day of month for TO. A leading 0 is required if less than 10.

yy

(Optional) Defines the year. If omitted, the current year is assumed.

hhmm

(Optional) Defines the time. If omitted, 0000 is assumed for FROM, 2359 for TO.

hh

Defines the hour (00 through 23).

mm

Defines the minute (00 through 59).

SPAN=hhhh

As an alternate to specifying an ending date and time (TO), you can request a time interval using SPAN=hhhh where:

hhhh

Defines the interval span in hours. Minimum value is 1 and maximum value is 8784 (approximately one year).

Note: A job (or network) is only considered by the forecast if the FROM time of the forecast falls within the job's (or network's) schedule period (January-December or July-June).