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STARTDATE

Specifies the date when the transfer is to begin.

The transfer start date can be provided in one of three formats:

• yyyymmdd

  yyyy

  Is a four-digit designation for a year (for example, 2013).

  mm

  Is a two-digit designation for one of the twelve months of the year as shown in the following chart:

  01 = January      02 = February      03 = March
  04 = April        05 = May           06 = June
  07 = July         08 = August        09 = September
  10 = October      11 = November      12 = December
  

  dd

  Is a two-digit number in the range 01 to 31 designating a day of the month.

Example:

STARTDATE=20130201 schedules a transfer to begin on February 1, 2013.

• yyddd (Julian date)

  yy

  Is a two-digit designation for a year (for example, 13).

  ddd

  Is a three-digit number in the range 001 to 366 designating a day of the year.

Example:

STARTDATE=13032 schedules a transfer to start on the 32nd day of 2013, which is the same as February 1, 2013.

• +nnn (nnn days from today)

  nnn

  Is a number in the range 1 to 999.

Example:

Specifying STARTDATE=+31 on January 1, 2013 schedules a transfer to begin on February 1, 2013.

Default: Current date