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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

  where

  yyyy

  Is a four‑digit designation for a year (for example, 2008).

  mm

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

   1 = January          2 = February        3 = March
   4 = April            5 = May             6 = June
   7 = July             8 = August          9 = 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=20080201 schedules a transfer to begin on February 1, 2008.

• yyddd (Julian date)

  where

  yy

  Is a two‑digit designation for a year (for example, 08).

  ddd

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

Example

STARTDATE=08032 schedules a transfer to start on the 32nd day of 2008, which is the same as February 1, 2008.

• +nnn (nnn days from today)

  where

  nnn

  Is a number in the range 1 to 999.

Example

Specifying STARTDATE=+31 on January 1, 2008 schedules a transfer to begin on February 1, 2008.

Default: Current date